Repentance: A Comparative Perspective

Amitai Etzioni

doi:10.5771/9780585080741

Summary

There is no consensus about what someone who has violated society's rules must do in order to be fully restored to the community. Although repentance is a prominent idea in religions ranging from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to Buddhism and Hinduism, its use in civic culture is vague and inconsistent. For example, is remorse the same as repentance? 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. Excellent for theologians, philosophers, moral ethicists, and anyone asking, ' Who deserves a second chance?'

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2000
Copyright Year: 2000
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8476-8470-0
ISBN-Online: 978-0-585-08074-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 196
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 20
1: Repentance and Forgiveness: A Christian Perspective No access Pages 21 - 30
2: Godly Sorrow, Sorrow of the World: Some Christian Thoughts on Repentance No access Pages 31 - 42
3: From Sacrifice to Sacrament: Repentance in a Christian Context No access Pages 43 - 59
4: Repentance in Judaism No access Pages 60 - 75
5: Fire in the Ātman: Repentance in Hinduism No access Pages 76 - 95
6: Repentance in the Islamic Tradition No access Pages 96 - 121
7: A Buddhist Approach to Repentance No access Pages 122 - 142
8: Repentance, Punishment, and Mercy No access Pages 143 - 170
9: Repentance in Criminal Procedure: The Ritual Affirmation of Community No access Pages 171 - 186
Index No access Pages 187 - 192
About the Editors No access Pages 193 - 194
About the Contributors No access Pages 195 - 196