Forgiveness and Transcendence

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Explore through reflection on students' life experiences the nature of forgiveness as a human action, its conditions, components and necessary linguistic and gestural expressions, especially in shared narrative, both as individuals and collectivities (e.g., nations, religions, ethnicities). Expands to the notion of forgiveness as transcendent, focusing on the role of divine and human forgiveness in religion, especially in Christian theologies and practice.