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

2022-11-29

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...

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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