In All Things Podcast

FORGIVING as a Form of Grief with Matthew Ichihashi Potts (ep. 31)

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On this episode of the podcast, I speak with Matthew Ichihashi Potts about his new book, Forgiveness: An Alternative Account. During the conversation, we consider the biblical teaching about forgiveness in the face of lingering grievance and ongoing harm. Among the topics we cover:

  • How some demands for forgiveness might actually do more harm to those who have been hurt.
  • How we can escape the binary of "remember or retaliate" or "forgive and forget"
  • What forgiveness looks like that is rooted in grief or mourning
  • Why literary works might hold special value for helping us grasp the complexities of forgiveness
  • On what we may hope for forgiveness when it comes to the end of all things (eschatology)
  • When it comes to forgiveness, what we are being asked to do, and what we are not being asked to do

    • Get the book: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300259858/forgiveness/

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