Ecclesial Repentance The Churches Confront Their Sinful Pasts

, by Bergen, Jeremy M.

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Copyright: 3/31/2011

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A theological reflection on churches repenting of events and convictions they have held in the past.

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Abbreviations	p. ix
Notes About Sources	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Counter-Witness and Scandal: Repentance for Historical Wrongs	p. 15
Division Among the People of God	p. 17
The Disunity of Christians
Offences Against the Jewish People
Western Colonialism and Its Legacy	p. 57
Offences Against Aboriginal People
Slavery and/or Racism
Apartheid in South Africa
Sexual Abuse, Violence, Injustice	p. 87
Clergy Sexual Abuse
War, Civil War, Crusades
Women
Homosexual Persons
Relation to Science/Scientists
Environmental Destruction
Day of Pardon	p. 115
Preparation
Theological Reflection: Memory and Reconciliation
First Sunday of Lent, 12 March 2000
Response, Debate, Reception
Doctrine and Practice: Frameworks and Implications	p. 151
The Communion of Saints	p. 153
The Church in Time: Robert Jenson on the Trinity
God and Time
Ecclesiology
Communion, Forgiveness, Intercession
Healing of Memories
Remembering, Forgetting, Final Reconciliation
Sin and the Holiness of the Church	p. 199
Discourses of Sin and Holiness
The Holy Church in Protestant Theology
The Holy Church in Roman Catholic Theology
A (Catholic) Theology of a Sinful Church
Finding the Penitential Body in History
Identity of a Penitent Church in Relation to Judaism
Conforming the Body of Christ Over Time
Forgiveness and Reconciliation	p. 243
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Contrition and Confession: The Examination of Conscience
Penance
Absolution
Contributions of Repentance and Apology to Reconciliation
Collective Responsibility
Social Sin
Forgiveness
Apology and Reconciliation
Conclusion	p. 285
Bibliography	p. 289
Appendix	p. 307
Index	p. 333
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