Part 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; 1 The dilemma of forgiveness; 2 Awkward facts; 3 Repentance and justice; 4 A starting point; 5 'Forgivenesses'
thick and thin; Part 2 NEW TESTAMENT TEXTS; 6 Forgiveness as a gift; 7 Forgiveness as letting go; 8 Forgiveness as letting go in Mark's Gospel; 9 Forgiveness as letting go in Matthew's Gospel; 10 Forgiveness as letting go in Luke-Acts; 11 Forgiveness as letting go in the rest of the New Testament; Part 3 REFLECTIONS; 12 Other types of forgiveness; 13 The Brighton bombing: just forgiveness explored14 Stepping back; Notes; Bibliography; Search terms of biblical references; Search terms of names and subjects

Anthony Bash offers new insights into forgiveness from a biblical perspective, taking into account important findings in philosophy, politics and psychology. The book explores what the Bible says about forgiveness so that we can better experience its regenerative and renewing effects. It also looks at what the Bible says in the light of two thousand years of thought about forgiveness. It does so in the belief that, if forgiveness is to be meaningful, it must be just.-Publisher description