Part I. Historical and intercultural perspectives on forgiveness - ch. 1. Forgiveness and forbearance in ancient china / Christoph Harbsmeier - ch. 2. Unconditional forgiveness in Christianity? : some reflections on ancient Christian sources and practices / Ilaria L. E. Ramelli - Part II. Forgiveness and selfhood - ch. 3. What we cannot do to each other : on forgiveness and moral vulnerability / Christel Fricke - ch. 4. The self rewritten : the case of self-forgiveness / Garry L. Hagberg - ch. 5. Self-forgiveneess and the narrative sense of self / Peter Goldie - Part III. Exploring the lImits of forgiveness - ch. 6. Conditional unconditional forgiveness / Eve Garrad and David McNaughton - ch. 7. Forgiveness without blame / Espen Gamlund - ch. 8. On loving our enemies / Jerome Neu - ch. 9. Can forgiveness be morally wrong / Arne Johan Vetlesen - ch. 10. Apologising for historic injustices / Geoffrey Scarre - ch. 11. Forgiveness, history, narrative : W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz / Jakob Lothe