Repentance : a comparative perspective
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
eBook, English, ©1997
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Md., ©1997
Comparative studies
1 online resource (vii, 196 pages)
9780585080741, 0585080747
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Repentance and forgiveness / Harvey Cox
Godly sorrow, sorrow of the world / Harold O.J. Brown
From sacrifice to sacrament / John Lyden
Repentance in Judaism / Jacob Neusner
Fire in the Ātman / Guy L. Beck
Repentance in the Islamic tradition / Mahmoud Ayoub
A Buddhist approach to repentance / Malcolm David Eckel
Repentance, punishment, and mercy / Jeffrie G. Murphy
Repentance in criminal procedure / Robert Wuthnow
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