Forgiveness is a defining human activity, for religious and non-religious people alike.
It contains the power to transform, a power which is 'humanly holy'. This introduction summarises many of the insights explored elsewhere on the site. Interviewers and programmers in journalism and the media regale us with stories and tenacious innuendo about who is really 'to blame'. They all encourage us to point out other people's faults and failings, and to conceal our own. Blaming is a major growth industry.