Rethinking Christian Forgiveness

Is there such a thing as Christian Forgiveness? Christians speak as thoughthere is. But what would it be? How would it differ from forgiveness as abasic human enactment? And if there is a distinctive Christian forgivenesswhat might it have to say to our world today?To answer these questions the present work traverses three distinctiveintellectual landscapes-continental philosophy Anglo-American moralphilosophy and psychology-to establish a phenomenology of forgivingbefore turning to contemporary Christian literature. The multilayereddialogue that ensues challenges the assumptions of contemporaryapproaches-secular and Christian-and invites the reader to rethink themeaning of Christian forgiveness.