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Dr. Loren Toussaint is a professor of psychology at Luther College. He is chair of the Discover Forgiveness Advisory Council for the Templeton World Charity Foundation (discoverforgiveness.org), president of the Forgiveness Foundation (forgivenessfoundation.org) and Forgiveness International, and associate director of the Sierra Leone Forgiveness Project. He has served as a visiting professor at Mayo Clinic and Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, and as a consultant to Cancer Treatment Centers of America and Boise State University.Dr. Toussaint’s research examines forgiveness and other virtues and how they are related to flourishing. He edited a scientific collection titled, Forgiveness and Health: Scientific Evidence and Theories Relating Forgiveness to Better Health (Springer), and authored a short book titled, Forgiveness: Questions and Simple Answers (Amazon). He directs the Laboratory for the Investigation of Mind, Body, and Spirit (https://www.luther.edu/faculty/loren-toussaint/). Dr. Toussaint encourages “everyday forgiveness” to build resilience and minimize stress in families, schools, healthcare, workplaces, and communities. Everyday forgiveness is taught through the Forgiveness Foundation, an education and outreach hub organization. Dr. Toussaint’s work has been highlighted in a number of media outlets such as TIME, U.S. News, and the New York Times. |
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