Based on papers presented at a seminar held in Leuven, Belgium, on March 26-27, 2007.
Repentance, reconciliation and relationship in Judaism: the book of Jonah as case study / A. Reinhartz -- The silence of Jonah and the boundaries of forgiveness / D. Pollefeyt -- Reconciliation to God in the light of 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 / R. Bieringer -- Reconciliation in Judaeo-Christian perspective / N. Schreurs -- Reconciliation: an Islamic theological approach / Z. Saritoprak -- The role of friendship between conciliation and reconciliation / D. J. Bolton -- Reconciliation and the return to normalcy in the light of Islamic theology / M. Hermansen -- Reflections on Islamic reconciliation as a 'return to normalcy' from a social-scientific perspective / J. F. Deckard -- Forgiveness as confirmation and surpassing of ethics: a philosophical and Christian perspective / R. Burggraeve -- Reconciliation as moral polyphony: ontology, forgiveness, and the Christian East / D. Pratt -- Can liturgy save the world? / Y. De Maeseneer.