A Shared Story for Reconciliation—Which Story? Conclusive Reflections

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" A Shared Story for Reconciliation—Which Story? Conclusive Reflections "
Abraham van de Beek

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1073342
Doc. No	:	LA116971
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156973108X272621‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Abraham van de Beek
Title & Author	:	A Shared Story for Reconciliation—Which Story? Conclusive Reflections [Article]\ Abraham van de Beek
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Reformed Theology
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	2/1
Page No	:	17–27
Abstract	:	In cases of severe conflicts, e.g. in South-Africa during the time of apartheid or in Indonesia during the war of Independence, people are deeply wounded. Both victims and perpetrators bear memories of the past as heavy burdens that close the future for them. They keep their stories silent in order to not be confronted with the past. Telling the story seems to open up the future, but, in the end, it turns out that victims and perpetrators cannot develop a shared story. Only death can deliver them from the past. Christian faith proclaims the death of human beings in the death of Christ. It opens a new future in the resurrection of a new being. In cases of severe conflicts, e.g. in South-Africa during the time of apartheid or in Indonesia during the war of Independence, people are deeply wounded. Both victims and perpetrators bear memories of the past as heavy burdens that close the future for them. They keep their stories silent in order to not be confronted with the past. Telling the story seems to open up the future, but, in the end, it turns out that victims and perpetrators cannot develop a shared story. Only death can deliver them from the past. Christian faith proclaims the death of human beings in the death of Christ. It opens a new future in the resurrection of a new being.
Descriptor	:	CHRISTOLOGY
Descriptor	:	CONFLICTS
Descriptor	:	MEMORY
Descriptor	:	RECONCILIATION
Descriptor	:	STORIES
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156973108X272621‬