Forgiveness: Reclaiming Its Power in a Culture of Outrage and Fear

"But if I forgive them, doesn't that mean they get away with it?"

In a culture that prizes outrage over reconciliation, forgiveness is increasingly seen as weakness-an outdated concept that fails to take harm seriously. But what if forgiveness isn't about minimizing justice but about restoring hope?

InForgiveness, public theologian Amy Orr-Ewing reclaims the transformative power of the biblical call to forgive and explains why it remains Christianity's most radical gift to a world in crisis. ...