The end of memory: remembering rightly in a violent world.

Volf, Miroslav

Verlag: Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2006

Beschreibung

Volf, Miroslav. The end of memory: remembering rightly in a violent world. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2006, 1st printing number line, viii, 244pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black cloth. INSCRIBED to recipient with first name only and SIGNED Miroslav, on front endpaper. Stob lectures, 2002. - CAN ONE FORGET ATROCITIES? Should one forgive abusers? Ought we not hope for the final reconciliation of all the wronged and ail wrongdoers alike, even if it means spending eternity with perpetrators of evil? We live in an age when it is generally accepted that past wrongs - genocides, terrorist attacks, bald personal injustices - should be constantly remembered. But Miroslav Volf here proposes the radical idea that letting go of such memories - after a certain point and under certain conditions - may actually be the appropriate course of action. While agreeing with the claim that to remember a wrongdoing is to struggle against it, Volf notes that there are too many ways to remember wrongly, perpetuating the evil committed rather than guarding against it. In this way, "the just sword of memory often severs the very good it seeks to defend." He argues that remembering rightly has implications not only for the individual but also for the wrongdoer and for the larger community. Volf's personal story of persecution offers a compelling backdrop for his search for theological resources to make memories a wellspring of healing rather than a source of deepening pain and animosity. Controversial, thoughtful, and incisively reasoned, The End o£Memory begins a conversation hard to ignore. ISBN 9780802829894. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 84618

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Titel: The end of memory: remembering rightly in a ...

Verlag: Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2006

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

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