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Worthington Jr., E.L., Ripley, J.S., Davis, D.E., Wood, B.T. (2018). Forgiveness. In: Leeming, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27771-9_246-5
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