*Winner of the 2007* Christianity Today *Book Award in Christianity and Culture* How should we remember atrocities? Should we ever forgive abusers? Can we not hope for final reconciliation, even if it means redeemed victims and perpetrators spending eternity together? We live in an age which insists that past wrongs-genocides,...
*Winner of the 2007* Christianity Today *Book Award in Christianity and Culture*
How should we remember atrocities? Should we ever forgive abusers? Can we not hope for final reconciliation, even if it means redeemed victims and perpetrators spending eternity together?
We live in an age which insists that past wrongs-genocides, terrorist attacks, bald personal injustices-should *never* be forgotten. 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 a gift of grace we should embrace. Volf's personal stories of persecution and interrogation frame 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 of Memory* begins a conversation that we avoid to our great detriment.
This second edition includes an appendix on the memories of perpetrators as well as victims, a response to his critics, and a recent James K. A. Smith interview with Volf about the nature and function of memory in the Christian life.
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*Winner of the 2007* Christianity Today *Book Award in Christianity and Culture* How should we remember atrocities? Should we ever forgive abusers? Can we not hope for final reconciliation, even if it means redeemed victims and perpetrators spending eternity together? We live in an age which insists that past wrongs-genocides,...
*Winner of the 2007* Christianity Today *Book Award in Christianity and Culture*
How should we remember atrocities? Should we ever forgive abusers? Can we not hope for final reconciliation, even if it means redeemed victims and perpetrators spending eternity together?
We live in an age which insists that past wrongs-genocides, terrorist attacks, bald personal injustices-should *never* be forgotten. 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 a gift of grace we should embrace. Volf's personal stories of persecution and interrogation frame 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 of Memory* begins a conversation that we avoid to our great detriment.
This second edition includes an appendix on the memories of perpetrators as well as victims, a response to his critics, and a recent James K. A. Smith interview with Volf about the nature and function of memory in the Christian life.
The End of Memory (2nd Edition): Remembering Rightly in a Violent World$34.99
Koorong Code578921
ISBN9780802878670
Pages288
PublisherEerdmans
Publication Date12 January 2021
Dimensions33 x 152 x 228mm
Weight0.567kg
Product CategoryChristian Worldview
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