| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 440 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
A theology of forgiveness: terminology, rhetoric, and the dialectic of interfaith relationships / Rodney L. Petersen -- Forgiveness, reconciliation, and justice: a Christian contribution to a more peaceful social environment / Miroslav Volf -- Forgiveness and reconciliation: an Orthodox perspective / Stanley S. Harakas -- Does religion fuel or heal in conflicts? / Raymond G. Helmick -- Religion and peacemaking / Joseph V. Montville -- Religion and foreign policy / Douglas M. Johnston Jr. -- The role of identity reconstruction in promoting reconciliation / Donna Hicks -- What is forgiveness in a secular political form? / Donald W. Shriver Jr. -- Unforgiveness, forgiveness, and reconciliation and their implications for societal interventions / Everett L. Worthington Jr. -- Five qualities of practice in support of reconciliation processes / John Paul Lederach -- Healing, reconciliation, and forgiving after genocide and other collective violence / Ervin Staub and Laurie Anne Pearlman -- Hatred's end: a Christian proposal to peacemaking in a new century / John Dawson -- Truth commissions as instruments of forgiveness and reconciliation / Audrey R. Chapman -- Implementation of track two diplomacy: developing a model of forgiveness / Olga Botcharova -- Through nonviolence to truth: Gandhi's vision of reconciliation / Anthony Da Silva -- Brokenness, forgiveness, healing and peace in Ireland / Geraldine Smyth -- Forgiveness and reconciliation in the Mozambique peace process / Andrea Bartoli -- Conversion as a way of life in cultures of violence / Ofelia Ortega -- Afterword: Exploring the unique role of forgiveness / George F.R. Ellis |
| Summary |
This book brings together a unique combination of experts in the area of conflict resolution and focuses on the role forgiveness can play in the process. It deals with the theology, public policy, psychological and social theory, and social policy implementation of forgiveness. The first section of the book explores how ideas like ""forgiveness"" and ""reconciliation"" are moving out from the seminary and academy into the world of public policy, and how these terms have been used and defined in the past. One of the contributors, Miroslav Volf, speaks to the Christian contribution of a more peac |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Forgiveness.
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Forgiveness -- Religious aspects.
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Reconciliation -- Religious aspects.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Forgiveness
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Forgiveness -- Religious aspects
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Reconciliation -- Religious aspects
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Verzeihung
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Versöhnung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Helmick, Raymond G.
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Petersen, Rodney Lawrence.
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| LC no. |
2001027132 |
| ISBN |
1890151645 |
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9781890151645 |
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1599470047 |
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9781599470047 |
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