The Limits of Forgiveness: Case Studies in the Distortion of a Biblical Ideal

Maria Mayo

ISBN 10: 1666703559 / ISBN 13: 9781666703559

Editore: Wipf and Stock 2021-05-06, 2021

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• Titolo: The Limits of Forgiveness: Case Studies in the Distortion of a Biblical Ideal
• Editore: Wipf and Stock 2021-05-06
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1666703559
• ISBN 13: 9781666703559
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

Demystifying an unrealistic ideal

Maria Mayo questions the contemporary idealization of unconditional forgiveness in three areas of contemporary life: so-called Victim-Offender Mediation involving cases of criminal injury, the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-apartheid South Africa, and the pastoral care of victims of domestic violence. She shows that an emphasis on unilateral and unconditional forgiveness puts disproportionate pressure on the victims of injustice or violence and misconstrues the very biblical passages—especially in Jesus’ teaching and actions—on which advocates of unconditional forgiveness rely.

Informazioni sull?autore

Maria Mayo earned her doctorate in history and critical theories of religion at Vanderbilt University. Her work focuses on conceptions of forgiveness in the contexts of criminal justice, pastoral care, and conflict transformation. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.