Forgiveness and Truth: Explorations in Contemporary Theology (Society for the Study of Theology/Explorations in Contemporary Theology Series)

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. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 8 Acknowledgements 10 1 Introduction 12 Main Papers 26 2 Jesus Christ the Forgiven: Christology, Atonement and Forgiveness 26 3 Loosing and Binding: The Liturgical Mediation of Forgiveness 42 4 Shame, Sin and Guilt 64 5 Forgiving Abusive Parents: Psychological and Theological Considerations 82 6 The Merciful Economy 110 Conference Responses 130 7 Forgiveness and Our Awareness of Truth 130 8 Forgiveness in Context 136 Short Papers 142 9 Truth and Reconciliation: Is Radical Openness a Condition for Reconcilitation? 142 10 Forgiveness and the Political Process in Northern Ireland 150 11 A Feminist Ethics of Forgiveness 156 12 Enfolding the Dark 168 13 Probing the Relationship between Divine and Human Forgiveness in Matthew: Hearing a Neglected Voice in the Canon 176 Invited Essay 184 14 May God Forgive? 184 Literature Review 192 15 Forgiveness in the Twentieth Century: A Review of the Literature, 1901–2001 192 List of Contributors 230 Index of Names 232 A 232 B 232 C 232 D 232 E 233 F 233 G 233 H 233 I 233 J 233 K 233 L 234 M 234 N 234 O 234 P 234 R 234 S 234 T 235 V 235 W 235 Z 235 Index of Subjects 236 A 236 B 236 C 236 D 236 E 236 F 236 G 237 H 237 I 237 J 237 K 237 L 237 M 237 N 237 O 237 P 237 R 237 S 237 T 238 V 238 W 238 Jesus Christ the forgiven : christology, atonement and forgiveness / Haddon Willmer Loosing and binding : the liturgical mediation of forgiveness / Christopher Jones Shame, sin and guilt / Fraser Watts Forgiving abusive parents : psychological and theological considerations / Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger The merciful economy / Peter Selby Forgiveness and our awareness of truth / Peter H. Sedgwick Forgiveness in context / Jane Craske Truth and reconciliation : is radical openness a condition for reconciliation? / Nico Schreurs Forgiveness and the political process in Northern Ireland / Alwyn Thompson A feminist ethics of forgiveness / Pamela Sue Anderson Enfolding the dark / David Self Probing the relationship betwen divine and human forgiveness in Matthew : hearing a neglected voice in the canon / Todd Pokrifka-Joe May God forgive? / Karin Scheiber Forgiveness in the twentieth century : a reviews of the literature, 1901-2001 / Nigel Biggar.