On the metanoia of eschatological injustice: powerful is the giving-up of power: a theological and ethnographic case study of <i>The Southwark Mysteries</i> and Crossbones Graveyard’s in-casts
Journal: Literature and Theology
Year: 2024

Abstract This paper examines how it is that theological poetry has helped to lead to a powerful institution to ritualistically recognize a historic abuse of power—this is an all too infrequent occurrence. In Southwark’s Crossbones Graveyard, the local Anglican Cathedral Church now processes each Mary Magdalene Day to commit a liturgical Act of Regret, Remembrance and Restoration for wrongdoings committed by the Church. Such practical theology both memorializes the mistreatment of sex workers whi