ABSTRACT
In discussing forgiveness, do we not also have to grapple with the desire for revenge? When we have been wronged, how can we ®nd some relief for our feelings of anger and distress? The ancient Greeks talked of the Furies who would pursue and torture wrongdoers and many of us may have longed, on occasions, for the support of the Furies. But we may also be in¯uenced by our version of the Bible where God alone is allowed revenge: `vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord' (Romans 12:19).
