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Forgiveness and truth / edited by Alistair McFayden and Marcel Sarot.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Society for the Study of Theology Explorations in Contemporary Theology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forgiveness--Religious aspects--Congresses.
- Forgiveness.
- Truth--Religious aspects--Congresses.
- Truth.
- Theology, Doctrinal--Congresses.
- Theology, Doctrinal.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : T&T Clark, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An international group of theologians considers the importance of forgiveness and truth in the modern world. Dogmatic and practical theological themes are addressed, including Christology and atonement, forgiving abusive parents, the economics of forgiveness, forgiveness in Northern Ireland and shame, sin, and guilt. Contributors include Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger, Peter Selby, Christopher Jones, Fraser Watts, Peter Sedgwick, Jane Craske, Todd Pokrifka-Joe, Nico Schreurs, Alwyn Thompson, and David Self.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2 Jesus Christ the Forgiven: Christology, Atonement and; 3 Loosing and Binding: The Liturgical Mediation of; 4 Shame, Sin and Guilt; 5 Forgiving Abusive Parents: Psychological and Theological; 6 The Merciful Economy; 7 Forgiveness and Our Awareness of Truth; 8 Forgiveness in Context; 9 Truth and Reconciliation: Is Radical Openness a Condition for; 10 Forgiveness and the Political Process in Northern Ireland; 11 A Feminist Ethics of Forgiveness; 12 Enfolding the Dark; 13 Probing the Relationship between Divine and Human; 14 May God Forgive?
- 15 Forgiveness in the Twentieth Century: A Review of theList of Contributors; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
- Notes:
- "Exploration in contemporary theology"--Subtitle from cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613195371
- 9781283195379
- 1283195372
- 9780567237002
- 0567237001
- OCLC:
- 741691668
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