Those of us who desire to foster a politics of forgiveness might feel like our commitments are easily overwhelmed by the violence of this age. But this is precisely the time when we need to do everything possible to root ourselves in this alternative form of politics. And for those of us who find our identity and the world’s ultimate logic in the l... See more

In his introduction to Born from Lament: The Theology and Politics of Hope in Africa , Fr. Emmanuel Katongole contrasts the “politics of violence” which characterize so much of contemporary life with the “politics of forgiveness,” the church’s “alternative form of politics, one that is committed to saving and serving the very lives that are often w... See more