
The Impossible Possibility
Christ and the Problems of Forgiveness
Caitlin Smith Gilson(Author)
Cascade Books (Publisher)
Published on 14. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
108 pages
979-8-3852-2759-4 (ISBN)
Description
This work is a meditation on the integral mystery of forgiveness as both impossible to achieve and yet necessary for salvation. We must forgive, yet we cannot. Through themes of loss, sin, love, and virtue in literature, art, poetry, and theology, Caitlin Smith Gilson shows us how the need for forgiveness is a universal longing that directs us to the very hope for eternal life. At the core of forgiveness resides the heart of Christ who alone can complete what is lacking in us yet so desired. In Christ, forgiveness becomes the impossible possibility.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
173 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-3852-2759-4 (9798385227594)
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11/2024
Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Persons
Caitlin Smith Gilson is professor of philosophy, St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, Florida, and visiting professor of philosophy at Pontificia Universita della Santa Croce, in Rome, Italy. She is associate editor of The New Ressourcement Journal through Word on Fire Academic.