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Sin and Forgiveness - New Responses in a Changing World (Hardcover)
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Sin and Forgiveness - New Responses in a Changing World (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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Originally published in 2003. Western attitudes to crime were in
the past rooted in concepts of sin, and therefore of hopes for
redemption and forgiveness. So what happens - to offenders and
society as a whole - in a world where people no longer talk of sin
but of evil. If hopes of redemption go too, will revenge take the
place of forgiveness? Kay Carmichael explores these dilemmas in
this topical and provocative book. She traces the stories of Myra
Hindley, Mary Bell, Sarah Payne, James Bulger and his killers,
comparing public responses to such crimes in various Western
countries. Art and literature are examined for the light they throw
on the evolution of our ideas about sin and forgiveness - from
Rembrandt to Nathaniel Hawthorne, Samuel Becket, Dali and writings
inspired by the Holocaust. Turning to our own day, Carmichael
discusses the emergence of structural sins or 'iniquities' in which
we may all find ourselves involved: poverty, slavery, violence and
war are her themes. Her analysis leaves her sceptical about many
contemporary appeals for forgiveness, but hopeful about ideas of
restorative justice.
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