Forgiveness: An Alternative Account by Potts, Matthew Ichihashi
Forgiveness: An Alternative Account by Potts, Matthew Ichihashi

Forgiveness: An Alternative Account

A deeply researched and poignant reflection on the practice of forgiveness in an unforgiving world "Broad in...
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Author: Matthew Ichihashi Potts
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Forgiveness: An Alternative Account by Potts, Matthew Ichihashi

Forgiveness: An Alternative Account

$70.60

Forgiveness: An Alternative Account

$70.60
Author: Matthew Ichihashi Potts
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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A deeply researched and poignant reflection on the practice of forgiveness in an unforgiving world

"Broad in its philosophical sweep and fine in its literary analysis, this work redefines forgiveness as the modest yet heroic ability to hold pain and anger together with hope and nonviolence."--Joie Szu-Chiao Chen, Lion's Roar

Matthew Ichihashi Potts explores the complex moral terrain of forgiveness, which he claims has too often served as a salve to the conscience of power rather than as an instrument of healing or justice. Though forgiveness is often linked with reconciliation or the abatement of anger, Potts resists these associations, asserting instead that forgiveness is simply the refusal of retaliatory violence through practices of penitence and grief. It is an act of mourning irrevocable wrong, of refusing the false promises of violent redemption, and of living in and with the losses we cannot recover.

Drawing on novels by Kazuo Ishiguro, Marilynne Robinson, Louise Erdrich, and Toni Morrison, and on texts from the early Christian to the postmodern, Potts diagnoses the real dangers of forgiveness yet insists upon its enduring promise. Sensitive to the twenty-first-century realities of economic inequality, colonial devastation, and racial strife, and considering the role of forgiveness in the New Testament, the Christian tradition, philosophy, and contemporary literature, this book heralds the arrival of a new and creative theological voice.

Author: Matthew Ichihashi Potts
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 02/20/2024
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
ISBN: 9780300276824

About the Author
Matthew Ichihashi Potts is the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard Divinity School and the Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church at Harvard University. He lives with his family in Cambridge, MA.
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