Forgiveness : an Interdisciplinary Dialogue.

Intro -- Forgiveness: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: Society -- An Anthropological Perspective on Forgiveness: Violence, Retribution and Healing -- Forgiveness in Islam: Religious Revelation versus Cultural Consciousness -- Hierophantic Crisis and the Absence of Forgiveness in a South Indian Fishing Village -- Forgiveness, Gift Theory and the Play of Impurity and Inequity -- Forgiveness, Religiosity and Family Relations in Romanian-Orthodox Religion -- On The Possibility of a Civil Apology -- Part 2: Law -- Sin Tax, Forgiveness and Public Health Governance -- A Programme that Encourages Prisoners to Explore Concepts of Forgiveness in a Framework that Fosters Greater Accountability and Responsibility -- Part 3: Theory -- Forgiveness, Affect and Cognition -- Forgiving Without Forgetting -- Does Forgiveness Belong to the Political Theory of Recognition? -- The Rationality of Forgiveness -- What is Forgiveness? Four Conceptual Models -- Part 4: Persons -- Toxic Forgiveness in Lee Chang-Dong's Secret Sunshine -- The Perilous Way to Forgiveness in Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin -- Redeeming Home: Forgiving Our Prodigal Selves in Bernhard Schlink's Der Vorleser and Marilynne Robinson's Home -- A Way to Liberty: The Significance of Forgiveness in The Portrait of a Lady.

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