Publication

2002-09-22 - Oxford University Press, USA

Language

English

Word Count

69,500 words, Guess

Page Count

278 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivewoundsnothealedb00schi
  • ISBN-100195128419
  • ISBN-139780195128413
  • Goodreads7353297
  • LibraryThing1246281
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Classifications

  • LCCBJ1476.S34 2002
  • LCCBJ1476 .S34 2002

Description

How should we respond to injuries done to us and to the hurts that we inflict on others? In this thoughtful book, Wounds Not Healed By Time, Solomon Schimmel guides us through the meanings of justice, forgiveness, repentance, and reconciliation. In doing so, he probes to the core of the humanencounter with evil, drawing on religious traditions, psychology, philosophy, and the personal experiences of both perpetrators and of victims. Christianity, Judaism and Islam call for forgiveness and repentance in our relations with others. Yet, as Schimmel points out, there are significant differences between them as to when and whom to forgive. Is forgiving always more moral than refusing to forgive? Is it ever immoral to forgive? Whenis repentance a pre-condition for forgiveness, and what does repentance entail?...

First Sentence

Revenge is one of the most powerful of human emotions.

Description

How should we respond to injuries done to us and to the hurts that we inflict on others? Solomon Schimmel guides us through the meanings of justice, forgiveness, repentance, and reconciliation.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Wounds Not Healed by Time: The Power of Repentance and ForgivenessOxford University Press, USA2002-09-22

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