The national chaos triggered by martial law in the winter of 2024 has further saddled our society with great conflict and confrontation.
In these difficult times, we hope for reconciliation and peace, and publish “Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Healing 2.”
This book is the second result of a research project led by the Institute for Social and Cultural Studies and the Institute for Future Society.
The first book, "Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Healing" (2022), was written by 13 authors from various academic fields, including philosophy, education, history, political sociology, religious studies, and theology, who diagnosed conflicts in our society, introduced discussions in each field, and sought means for reconciliation and healing.
This sequel, "Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Healing 2," focuses on Christianity and contains theological and practical suggestions discussed by 12 Christian experts from theological, pastoral, and various social fields, based on their own experiences and insights.
These two books are designed to be used as Christian education books and as textbooks for liberal arts departments at universities.

Reconciliation is the most important prerequisite for achieving peace, the highest value of Christianity.
There is no peace without reconciliation.
The doctrinal theological proposition that Jesus Christ was incarnated on this earth, bore the cross, and took upon himself the sins of all mankind, thus atonement, is illuminated in a word as the ministry of “reconciliation.”
Since the fall of Paradise, God has continuously raised up His servants to spread His word in order to save the fallen people of this earth.
The core message is that at the very top, God confirmed His justice and love by sending His only begotten Son to die on the cross as a sacrificial offering to take upon Himself all of humanity's sins, and that through the cross, He broke down the wall between God and humanity, opening the way for reconciliation.

--- From "General Theory - Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Healing in Christianity"

God's restorative justice is not a cold rationalism or pale fairness, but the source of an unreasonable(?) love and an incomprehensibly gracious mercy.
This absurdly tireless love and inexhaustible good will of God is the true face of God's restorative justice.
This restorative justice of God is the unchanging sincerity of Yahweh God, and this sincerity was expressed as a single-minded love for humanity in the love of giving up His only begotten Son on the cross.
--- From “Part 2 - “Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Healing” in the Old Testament

One of the weaknesses of the Korean church is that it cannot distinguish between the personal and social dimensions.
It only talks about conversion and faith on a personal level, not conversion and faith on a social level.
Because the personal and social dimensions are different, even if personal change occurs, society does not change on its own. However, because we focus only on personal change, we fail to properly address the social dimension.
--- From “Part 2 - Forgiveness at the Personal, Community, and Social Levels from a Pastoral Perspective”

We cannot fulfill our duty of forgiveness unless our original nature is restored to its original state.
To inscribe forgiveness into our character, we must first accept that forgiveness is a duty.
This means that you should not think that it is okay to forgive or not.
Furthermore, to properly fulfill the duty of forgiveness, forgiveness must become a desire of the heart.
This requires training in forgiveness.
“Forgiveness is a discipline before it is an emotion.”

--- From “Part 3 - Criminal Justice and Forgiveness”