Melting the Icepacks of Enmity: Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

The virtue of forgiveness is controversial. Christianity’s affirmation of it is unusually pronounced. Nevertheless, common experience teaches that self-preservation requires the moderation of resentment; and Christian anthropology, self-reflection and history teach that compassion for perpetrators r...

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Main Author: Biggar, Nigel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2011
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 199-209
Further subjects:B Justice
B Forgiveness
B Consultative Group on the Past
B Reconciliation
B truth commission
B Northern Ireland
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