The End of Memory (2nd Edition): Remembering Rightly in a Violent World

_Winner of the_ 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 that 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 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 critics, and a James K. A. Smith interview with Volf about the nature and function of memory in the Christian life._Read less