Scarre, Geoffrey (2011) 'Political reconciliation, forgiveness and grace.', Journal of Christian ethics., 24 (2). pp. 171-182.
Abstract
This essay argues that the overuse of the idiom of forgiveness has distorted our understanding of the nature and requirements of political reconciliation, and proposes its supplementation by a notion of grace. This is a mode of response to wrongs that is less hedged around by conventions and conditions, and grace complements forgiveness in contexts in which the latter is inappropriate; it is also more serviceable for maintaining inter-community harmony in the long term. Following a detailed analysis of grace in the political environment, the paper concludes by tracing a concept of grace in the Sermon on the Mount.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Forgiveness, Grace, Memory, Northern Ireland, Political, Reconciliation, Sermon on the Mount |
| Full text: | (AM) Accepted Manuscript Download PDF (139Kb) |
| Status: | Peer-reviewed |
| Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0953946810397442 |
| Publisher statement: | Scarre, Geoffrey (2011). Political reconciliation, forgiveness and grace. Journal of Christian Ethics 24(2): 171-182. Copyright © 2011 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. |
| Date accepted: | No date available |
| Date deposited: | 13 February 2015 |
| Date of first online publication: | May 2011 |
| Date first made open access: | No date available |
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