Embodying forgiveness : a theological analysis /
Jones, L. Gregory.
Embodying forgiveness : a theological analysis / L. Gregory Jones. - xix, 313 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: The cost of forgiveness. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the reclamation of a Christian vision and practive -- Therapeutic forgiveness. The Church's psychological captivity in Western culture -- Forgiveness eclipsed. Is violence the master of us all? -- Characterizing the God who forgives. The triune God and Christian life -- Forgiveness, repentance, and the judgment of grace. The word that transfigures us in the spirit -- Practicing forgiveness. Trinitarian community and the hope for a new humanity -- The craft of forgiveness. Traditions, parables, and making and remaking responsible human life -- Loving enemies. Living with others in the absence of reconciliation -- Is this a story to pass on? Forgiveness, holiness, and the poitics of memory.
0802838065 (alk. paper) 0802808611 (pbk. : alk. paper)
95020782
Forgiveness--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Reconciliation--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BT795 / .J66 1995
Embodying forgiveness : a theological analysis / L. Gregory Jones. - xix, 313 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: The cost of forgiveness. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the reclamation of a Christian vision and practive -- Therapeutic forgiveness. The Church's psychological captivity in Western culture -- Forgiveness eclipsed. Is violence the master of us all? -- Characterizing the God who forgives. The triune God and Christian life -- Forgiveness, repentance, and the judgment of grace. The word that transfigures us in the spirit -- Practicing forgiveness. Trinitarian community and the hope for a new humanity -- The craft of forgiveness. Traditions, parables, and making and remaking responsible human life -- Loving enemies. Living with others in the absence of reconciliation -- Is this a story to pass on? Forgiveness, holiness, and the poitics of memory.
0802838065 (alk. paper) 0802808611 (pbk. : alk. paper)
95020782
Forgiveness--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Reconciliation--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BT795 / .J66 1995