Practicing God’s Radical Forgiveness: Tracing the Practice of Forgiveness in History, Scripture, and in Our Own Time - Softcover

Bullock, Jeffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1532641192 ISBN 13: 9781532641190

Verlag: Cascade Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Forgiveness marks one of the most important issues of our time. If the enormous number of books and articles are a measure, then forgiveness--our forgiveness of others and forgiveness for ourselves--appeals to our deepest concern. It's a challenge to determine just what we mean when we speak of "forgiveness." Any discussion will reveal that our shared understanding and practices of forgiveness quickly diverge. For example, is it the same thing to forgive a child, a criminal, a malicious acquaintance, or someone who's inadvertently done us harm? Likely, no. We'll discover in this book that how we understand and practice forgiveness has shifted and changed through history, formed by cultural context. Even biblically, our understanding of forgiveness has altered over time. We'll unpack the importance of this cultural history and then turn to the three strands of forgiveness that together form our modern practice of forgiveness. First, the personal and therapeutic forgiveness. Second, the communal forgiveness that's valued for its power to resolve conflict, renew relationships, and restore peace. Finally, the divine, God's absolute unconditional forgiveness, a forgiveness we'll discover that undergirds every other way we understand forgiveness.

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Jeffrey Bullock has served parishes large and small for nearly four decades. Bullock has published on a wide variety of topics including parish growth, pastoral care, and Christian practices, while continuing to volunteer in ministry. He is the author of Practicing Christian Patience (2014).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cascade Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1532641192
• ISBN 13: 9781532641190
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 132
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