Forgiveness and Restorative Justice: Perspectives from Christian Theology

Forgiveness and Restorative Justice: Perspectives from Christian Theology
ISBN-10
3030752828
ISBN-13
9783030752828
Category
Religion
Pages
147
Language
English
Published
2021-06-17
Publisher
Springer Nature
Authors
Michael H. Taylor, Myra N. Blyth, Matthew J. Mills

Description

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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