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From William Shakespeare to Marilynne Robinson, this book examines representations of interpersonal reconciliation in works of literature, focusing on how these representations draw on the language of divine forgiveness. Christian theology sees divine forgiveness as conditional upon a sinner's remorse and self-abasement before God, but also as a form of grace – unconditional and rooted only in divine love. Van Dijkhuizen explores what happens when this paradoxical forgiveness paradigm comes to s

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Author

Jan Frans van Dijkhuizen

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781350027244

Category

literary studies

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Christian, Literary Criticism

Updated

2026-03-25