Mercy and Justice : A Challenge for Contemporary Theology (Brill's Studies in Catholic Theology)

Hahn, Judith (EDT)/ Werner, Gunda (EDT)

Brill（2020/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 200 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004426856

Full Description

The term mercy is currently omnipresent in Catholic debates. It dominates at events such as the recent Family Synods and the Jubilee Years. At the same time, it poses a significant problem for cases dealing with sexual abuse. Mercy calls to consider an individual's needs and this conflicts with justice necessitating equal treatment for everyone. Mercy applies to the fallible individual deserving of punishment, but who is saved by grace. This is most apparent in the Sacrament of Penance and other forms of penitence, forgiveness, and reconciliation where mercy both transcends and undermines justice. This problem, widely ignored in church teaching, is addressed by Dirk Ansorge, James Dallen, Judith Hahn, Atria A. Larson, Sandra Lassak, Michael A. Nobel, Rosel Oehmen-Vieregge, Heike Springhart, and Gunda Werner.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Authors

 Introduction

Part 1: The Sacrament of Penance: Liturgy and Law

 1The Reconciling Community: The Rite of Penance, Past and Present

 James Dallen

 2"...equally a Judge and a Physician" - Questioning Canon 978 §1 CIC/1983 from a Canonical and Pastoral Point of View

 Rosel Oehmen-Vieregge

Part 2: Penitence in Recent Church Teaching and Law

 3Merciful and Just? A Tension in Contemporary Semantics in the Doctrinal Regulations on the Sacrament of Penance

 Gunda Werner

 4Fulfilling Mercy? Reconsidering the Jubilee Year Regulations on Penance and Reconciliation

 Judith Hahn

Part 3: Justice and Mercy: Can These Two Principles Be Reconciled?

 5Punishment and Reconciliation in this World and the Next: The Relationship between the Penitential Discipline of the Church and Reconciliation with God in the Twelfth Century

 Atria A. Larson

 6Justice and Mercy: Can they be Reconciled from a Systematic Point of View?

 Dirk Ansorge

 7Misericordia,Benevolentia,Aequitas? Is there Room for Mercy in Canon Law?

 Michael A. Nobel

Part 4: Rethinking Penitence: What May We Learn from New Approaches to Forgiveness?

 8"...as we forgive those who trespass against us..."? Aspects of a Theology of Forgiveness from a Protestant Perspective

 Heike Springhart

 9Free from Burdens? Cultural and Social Aspects of the Concept of Reconciliation in Latin America

 Sandra Lassak

 10What Remains? Some Answers, and Yet More Questions

 

 Index