Forgiveness and Restorative Justice
Author | : Myra N. Blyth |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2021-06-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783030752828 |
ISBN-13 | : 3030752828 |
Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Download or read book Forgiveness and Restorative Justice written by Myra N. Blyth and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.