title: The Forgiveness Factor: Stories of Hope in a World of Conflict
author:  Michael Henderson 
description: The Forgiveness Factor: Stories Of Hope In A World Of Conflict is a timely book of case studies in resolution of social, political, and economic conflicts. The Forgiveness Factor offers a model of healing based in a "philosophy of reconciliation". This is an historically important ethical movement pioneered by an interfaith peace organization known as Moral Re-Armament. As civil and ethnic conflict worldwide continues to mount, The Forgiveness Factor documents the achievements of initiatives that quietly helped head off violence and oppression in hotspots around the world. The Forgiveness Factor offers a unique perspective and should be on the reading list for every international studies curriculum. -- <i>Midwest Book Review</i><br /><br />This century has been one of the bloodiest in recorded history. Much that promised to enlighten and save us - religion, technology, education - seems only to have encouraged a more manic and efficient killing. All of which makes Michael Henderson's new book a welcome discovery. It brings a piece of happy news. -- <i>Dallas Morning News</i>
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  **Dedication**
  
   _For Fernanda, of course_
  
   **Contents**
  
  [ _Cover_](9780062888471_Cover.xhtml#cover)
  
   _Title Page_
  
   _Dedication_
  
  Part I: Hope
  
  * * *
  
  Chapter 1: The Uncomfortable Truth
  
  Chapter 2: Self-Control Is an Illusion
  
  Chapter 3: Newton’s Laws of Emotion
  
  Chapter 4: How to Make All Your Dreams Come True
  
  Chapter 5: Hope Is Fucked
  
  Part II: Everything Is Fucked
  
  * * *
  
  Chapter 6: The Formula of Humanity
  
  Chapter 7: Pain Is the Universal Constant
  
  Chapter 8: The Feelings Economy
  
  Chapter 9: The Final Religion
  
   _Acknowledgments_
  
   _Notes_
  
   _About the Author_
  
   _Also by Mark Manson_
  
   _Copyright_
  
   _About the Publisher_
  
  Part I:
  
   **Hope**
  
  Chapter 1
  
   **The Uncomfortable Truth**
  
  On a small plot of land in the monotonous countryside of central Europe, amid
  the warehouses of a former military barracks, a nexus of geographically
  concentrated evil would arise, denser and darker than anything the world had
  ever seen. Over the span of four years, more