Forgiving and Forgetting: Theology and the Margins of Soteriology
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University of Oxford
- Unit of assessment
- 31 - Theology and Religious Studies
- Output identifier
- 2890
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- B - Edited book
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- Publisher
- Mohr Siebeck
- ISBN
- 978-3-16-154081-3
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- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2015
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0
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- Additional information
- The book Forgiving and Forgetting: Theology and the Margins of Soteriology was co-edited by Zachhuber and Prof Hartmut von Sass (Humboldt-University, Berlin). Zachhuber, whose research interest in the problem of forgetting reaches back to a public lecture delivered in 2010, initiated an interdisciplinary collaboration by inviting scholars from theology, history, Jewish studies, psychology, cultural and political theory, and neuroscience. He obtained funding from the John Templeton Foundation and brought this group of researchers together for a residential conference entitled Forgetting: A Neglected Dimension of Human Experience. This was held at Oxford in June, 2012. Following the conference, Zachhuber took the lead in designing the publication strengthening its theological focus by explicitly connecting the topic of forgetting with the theological concept of forgiveness. He co-ordinated the revision of the original contributions from the conference in line with the new thematic focus of the volume. He also approached additional contributors with a view to strengthening the theological dimension of the book. Throughout the editorial process, he worked closely with authors to ensure a tightly edited volume.
In addition to his own chapter, Zachhuber, together with his co-editor, drafted a lengthy introduction to the volume. This provides a succinct overview of debates about forgetting from Nietzsche to Ricoeur and to its different disciplinary dimensions. The introduction retraces the ideas on which the original, collaborative project was built and inscribes the contributions of the volume into a broad and interdisciplinary debate.
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