Jennifer Belcher – OralityTalks https://oralitytalks.net Journal • Webinar • Forum Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:30:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://oralitytalks.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-OralityTalks-Icon-Gray-32x32.png Jennifer Belcher – OralityTalks https://oralitytalks.net 32 32 228068180 The Logic of Retribution and Biblical Forgiveness Among the Wore People of Papua New Guinea: A Battle for Peace https://oralitytalks.net/battle-for-peace/ https://oralitytalks.net/battle-for-peace/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:30:40 +0000 https://oralitytalks.net/?p=3286 This article is an adaptation of Dr. Belcher’s doctoral dissertation, the purpose of which was to research the Logic of Retribution and the response to teachings about biblical forgiveness after implementation of Story-Based Trauma Healing (SBTH) lesson seven, How Can We Forgive Others in the Wore people group of the Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). In PNG, there exists a cultural norm of paying back offenses that can be violent and escalating. Though the Wore have a system in place for bringing about peace when a grievance has occurred, after implementation of the SBTH course, the Wore reasoned that their cultural road to peace lacked a personal encounter with Jesus and true forgiveness.

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