On the Advocacy of Forgiveness after Mass Atrocities

TY - CHAP

T1 - On the Advocacy of Forgiveness after Mass Atrocities

AU - Brudholm, Thomas

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - The conviction that forgiveness has an important and valuable role to play in the aftermath of atrocities has gained a considerable momentum in the present day. Brudholm revisits Cynthia Ozick's provocative attack on forgiveness and presents five reasons why her claim - that the face of forgiveness can be "stony to the slaughtered" - is a challenge that needs to be taken seriously.

AB - The conviction that forgiveness has an important and valuable role to play in the aftermath of atrocities has gained a considerable momentum in the present day. Brudholm revisits Cynthia Ozick's provocative attack on forgiveness and presents five reasons why her claim - that the face of forgiveness can be "stony to the slaughtered" - is a challenge that needs to be taken seriously.

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-0-521-51885-7

SP - 124

EP - 153

BT - The Religious in Responses to Mass Atrocity

A2 - Brudholm, Thomas

A2 - Cushman, Thomas

PB - Cambridge University Press

CY - Cambridge

ER -