عنوان

Lethal Violence, the Lack of Resonance and the Challenge of Forgiveness in Brazil

شماره

LA112902

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Lethal Violence, the Lack of Resonance and the Challenge of Forgiveness in Brazil

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Rudolf von Sinner, Euler Renato Westphal, Rudolf von Sinner, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

According to recent data there has been a considerable increase in lethal violence in Brazil as well as evidence of a growing brutality. Such data bears witness to the wide perception of impunity and the apparent commonality, even an acceptance of killing. The general political and economic insecurity reinforces a sense of abandonment among the population. The affluent hire private security services. The poor, with no alternative option, become victims of crime and drug trafficking wars. The police are often a part of organized crime rather than combatting such. They are understaffed and underequipped. The prison system is unfit to promote resocialization. What can the churches, theology and the state do to establish and foster justice worthy of the name? The purpose of this article is to analyse the situation in Brazil, referring to acclaimed interpreters as historian Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, to ponder possible reasons for violence using the sociological theory of resonance by Hartmut Rosa, and to reflect on a theology of justice that, rather than revenge, emphasises transformation, forgiveness and reconciliation. Through reference to Jürgen Moltmann, it seeks to show how a public theology can contribute to such transformation. According to recent data there has been a considerable increase in lethal violence in Brazil as well as evidence of a growing brutality. Such data bears witness to the wide perception of impunity and the apparent commonality, even an acceptance of killing. The general political and economic insecurity reinforces a sense of abandonment among the population. The affluent hire private security services. The poor, with no alternative option, become victims of crime and drug trafficking wars. The police are often a part of organized crime rather than combatting such. They are understaffed and underequipped. The prison system is unfit to promote resocialization. What can the churches, theology and the state do to establish and foster justice worthy of the name? The purpose of this article is to analyse the situation in Brazil, referring to acclaimed interpreters as historian Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, to ponder possible reasons for violence using the sociological theory of resonance by Hartmut Rosa, and to reflect on a theology of justice that, rather than revenge, emphasises transformation, forgiveness and reconciliation. Through reference to Jürgen Moltmann, it seeks to show how a public theology can contribute to such transformation.

تاريخ نشر

2018

توصيف ظاهري

38-55

عنوان

International Journal of Public Theology

شماره جلد

12/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1569-7320

اصطلاح موضوعی

crime

اصطلاح موضوعی

forgiveness

اصطلاح موضوعی

human dignity

اصطلاح موضوعی

justice

اصطلاح موضوعی

theory of resonance

اصطلاح موضوعی

violence

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Euler Renato Westphal

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Rudolf von Sinner

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15697320-12341522

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y