Politics of Penance e-bog
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"e;Bless me Father, for I have sinned,"e; says the penitent to open the dialogue in Catholic confessionals across the globe and throughout the ages. Along with the priest's words, "e;For your penance . . ."e; this encounter is an icon of Catholic life. But does the script, and the practices it signifies, have any relevance beyond the confessional?In The Politics of Penance, Mich...
E-bog
238,03 DKK
Forlag
Cascade Books
Udgivet
2 august 2016
Længde
180 sider
Genrer
Religious ethics
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781498204255
"e;Bless me Father, for I have sinned,"e; says the penitent to open the dialogue in Catholic confessionals across the globe and throughout the ages. Along with the priest's words, "e;For your penance . . ."e; this encounter is an icon of Catholic life. But does the script, and the practices it signifies, have any relevance beyond the confessional?In The Politics of Penance, Michael Griffin responds yes. He explores great figures of the Christian tradition--the early Irish monks, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Pope St. John Paul II--to offer surprising insights for social repair. The result is a new ethic, which Griffin applies to contemporary crises in criminal justice, truth and reconciliation, and the treatment of soldiers returning from war.