Forgiving and Forgetting

Theology and the Margins of Soteriology
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-16-154081-3
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 82, 225 Seiten, Format (B × H): 236 mm x 158 mm, Gewicht: 368 g

Reihe: Religion in Philosophy and Theology

Forgiveness has traditionally been associated with a duty to remember in order for reconciliation to be possible. Human failure, evil, and atrocities could thus only be forgiven on the basis of a saving memory. Forgetting, by contrast, had to be excluded in the interest of a truthful and genuinely new beginning. Historical experience, it seemed, supported this account. The essays collected in this volume seek to challenge this traditional picture - by elaborating on the notion of forgetting, by reappreciating its constructive or even necessary impact on our lives, by paying heed to the potential obstacles for reconciliation due to an unforgiving remembrance, by clarifying the relationship between remembrance and forgetting, which is not necessarily complementary, and by finding new ways of relating forgiveness to forgetting ultimately leading to the precarious question of whether even God forgets when he forgives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

von Sass, Hartmut

Zachhuber, Johannes

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Fundamentaltheologie, Dogmatik, Christologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Zachhuber, Johannes
is professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at the University of Oxford, and fellow and tutor in Theology at Trinity College.

von Sass, Hartmut
Geboren 1980; Privatdozent für Systematische Theologie an der Universität Zürich und stellv. Direktor des Collegium Helveticum, Universität und ETH Zürich.