The journey
Subtitle: forgiveness, restorative justice and reconciliation
By: Stephanie Hixon & Thomas Porter
Contributors: Porter, Thomas W.
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9781933663487
Subjects: Reconciliation; Bible; Study skills; Study and teaching; Biblical teaching; Forgiveness; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201).
Table of contents: title: The real-life journey of Jacob (Genesis 32-33); title: The relational nature of reality: the Great Commandment, the good news of reconciliation and the call to the ministry of reconciliation (Matthew 22:34-40 and 2 Corinthians 5:16-20); title: The practice of forgiveness, restorative justice and reconciliation: the Jesus way (Matthew 18); title: The importance of grieving and confronting our fears: the witness of the women at the foot of the cross and at the scene of the Resurrection (John 19:25-27, John 20:1-18, Matthew 27:45-56, Matthew 28:1-10); title: Truth-telling and the confrontation of the other: Jesus and the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:21-28) and the story of naming the harm and giving bread at the Last Supper (Mark 14:17-24); title: Rehumanizing the other and the choice to forgive: the story of the Prodigal (Luke 15:11-32); title: Repentance and restitution: making things right: the story of Abigail and David (1 Samuel 25:1-38) and the story of Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10); title: Reconciliation of the Jews and the Gentiles: the story of the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15:1-29): a model for interfaith relations?