The Essence of Forgiveness

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I was part of a conversation on ‘The Essence of Forgiveness’ on BBC Radio Ulster’s Sunday Sequence.

Rev David Clements, whose father was murdered by the IRA, and Dr Geraldine Smyth OP from Trinity College Dublin, and I discussed forgiveness with an emphasis on the relationships between forgiveness, reconciliation, and ‘dealing with the past’ in Northern Ireland.

During the conversation, we explored how forgiveness means different things to different people, Christian perspectives on forgiveness, individual and collective expressions of forgiveness, the need to create space for lament, and more.