Repentance A Comparative Perspective

by Carney, David E.; Ayoub, Mahmoud; Beck, Guy; J. Brown, Harold O.; Cox, Harvey; Eckel, Malcolm David; Etzioni, Amitai; Lyden, John; Murphy, Jeffrie; Neusner, Jacob; Wuthnow, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780847684717
• ISBN10: 0847684717
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-12
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Drawing from a variety of religious and civic perspectives, the renowned contributors to this book--from the fields of theology, philosophy, and the social sciences--offer a broad understanding of repentance and its many applications. The essays question the legitimacy of repentance as a religious concept for the civic culture, exploring the way in which the religious origins of repentance might both illuminate and facilitate our civic usage of the idea.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Repentance and Forgiveness: A Christian Perspective	p. 21
Godly Sorrow, Sorrow of the World: Some Christian Thoughts on Repentance	p. 31
From Sacrifice to Sacrament: Repentance in a Christian Context	p. 43
Repentance in Judaism	p. 60
Fire in the Atman: Repentance in Hinduism	p. 76
Repentance in the Islamic Tradition	p. 96
A Buddhist Approach to Repentance	p. 122
Repentance, Punishment, and Mercy	p. 143
Repentance in Criminal Procedure: The Ritual Affirmation of Community	p. 171
Index	p. 187
About the Editors	p. 193
About the Contributors	p. 195
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