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What might reconciliation and forgiveness mean in relation to various forms of personal, structural, and historical violence across the African continent? This volume of essays seeks to engage these complex, and contested, ethical issues from three different disciplinary perspectives - Biblical Studies, Systematic Theology and Practical Theology. Each of the authors reflected on aspects of reconciliation, forgiveness and violence from within their respective African contexts. They did so by employing the tools and resources of their respective disciplines to do so. The end result is a rich and textured set of inter-disciplinary theological insights that will help the reader to navigate these issues with a greater measure of understanding and a broader perspective than a single approach might offer. What is particularly encouraging is that the chapters represent research from established scholars in their fields, recent PhD graduates, and current PhD students. This is the first book to be published under the auspices of the Unit for Reconciliation and Justice in the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology.

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This volume contains a variety of rich and challenging essays that contribute to the wider discourse on public theology on the African continent as it relates to reconciliation, forgiveness, violence and human dignity. Len Hansen (Series Editor, Beyers Naude Centre for Public Theology Series)

This volume contains a variety of rich and challenging essays that contribute to the wider discourse on public theology on the African continent as it relates to reconciliation, forgiveness, violence and human dignity. Len Hansen (Series Editor, Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology Series)

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Associate Professor of New Testament and Chair of the Department of Old and New Testament at Stellenbosch University. Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Ethics, Chair of the Department of Systematic Theology, and Director of the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology at Stellenbosch University. Professor of Practical Theology and Head of the Unit for Reconciliation and Justice in the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology at Stellenbosch University.

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