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Forgiveness and Restorative Justice: Perspectives from Christian Theology

Forgiveness and Restorative Justice: Perspectives from Christian Theology

Blyth, Myra N.
Mills, Matthew J.
Taylor, Michael H.

Hardcover

CriminologyGeneral ChristianityGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 303075281X
ISBN13: 9783030752811
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jun 18 2021
Pages: 147
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

The meaning of 'forgiveness' and its role within restorative justice are highly contested. This book offers analysis from practical and academic perspectives within Christian theology, against a rich canvas of related concepts, including victimhood, sin, love, and vulnerability. Critical friends of restorative justice, the authors argue that forgiveness - whether as journey or act, unilateral or mutual, conditional or unconditional - is necessary to achieving a fully restorative resolution to acts of harm. They also suggest that Christianity, with its meaning-giving metanarrative of restoration, and preference for communitarian approaches to justice, may have epistemic value for evaluating and even deepening the theory and practice of restorative justice.

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