Tag: Forgiveness

• 6th Feb 2023

  Conflict and forgiveness: A feminist critique of reconciliation in the Church

  The contemporary popularity of the language and theology of reconciliation has been such that one might be forgiven for thinking that it is a concept born in post-1994 South Africa, with its link with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission process of 1996 led by the erstwhile Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Mpilo Tutu. In fact,…
• 23rd Jan 2023

  Conflict and Forgiveness Interview: “The Stuggle of Love” in Sri Lanka

  In this next contribution to our Conflict and Forgiveness cycle, Fr Thomas Sharp interviews Miranga Peiris. Miranga finished his theological training at the Theological College of Lanka, Kandy, in June last year. He is now based in Colombo, undergoing training for ordination at the Cathedral Institute. He is currently working with St Michael and All…
• 6th Jan 2023

  Editorial: Conflict and Forgiveness

  ‘Recognising that those in power have sometimes used talk of reconciliation to maintain status and impede efforts towards justice and wholeness, we seek a Communion-wide focus on a renewal of this ministry.’ (Lambeth Call on Reconciliation Statement, 2022) We intentionally conceptualised the theme of “Conflict and Forgiveness” beyond communal understandings, to also include personal encounters…