Rethinking Christian Forgiveness
Subtitle: Theological, Philosophical, And Psychological Explorations
Publisher: Michael Glazier
Published: May 14, 2015
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780814680605
Description: Is there such a thing as “Christian Forgiveness”? Christians speak as though there is. But what would it be? How would it differ from forgiveness as a basic human enactment? And if there is a distinctive Christian forgiveness, what might it have to say to our world today? To answer these questions, the present work traverses three distinctive intellectual landscapes—continental philosophy, Anglo-American moral philosophy, and psychology—to establish a phenomenology of forgiving before turning to contemporary Christian literature. The multilayered dialogue that ensues challenges the assumptions of contemporary approaches—secular and Christian—and invites the reader to rethink the meaning of Christian forgiveness.
Notes: Source title: Rethinking Christian Forgiveness: Theological, Philosophical, And Psychological Explorations