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Reconciliation and Forgiveness in an Unjust Society
Author(s) -
Moyo Ambrose
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/1540-6385.00119
Subject(s) - forgiveness , injustice , redistribution (election) , faith , political science , confession (law) , economic justice , law , colonialism , sociology , criminology , theology , philosophy , politics
Justification by faith necessarily leads to justice in society. IN post–apartheid South Africa, reconciliation has required truth telling plus confession and, most importantly, land redistribution. Failure at land redistribution in Zimbabwe has reduced the effectiveness of the post–colonial reconciliation program and perpetuated previous injustice.