TY - BOOK AU - Bergen, Jeremy M. TI - Ecclesial Repentance: The Churches Confront Their Sinful Pasts SN - 9780567214324 U1 - C27 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - T and T Clark N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. Counter-Witness and Scandal: Repentance for Historical Wrong .......15 1. Division among the people of God ..........17 The Disunity of Christians Offernces against the Jewish People 2. Western Colonialism and Its Legacy ..........57 Offences against Aboriginal People Slavery and /or Racism Apartheid in South Africa 3. Sexual Abuse, Violence, Injustice ..............87 Clergy sexual abuse War, Civil war, Crusades Women Homosexual Persons Relation to science / Scientists Environmental Destruction 4. Day of Pardon .........115 Preparation Theological Reflection : Memory and Reconciliation First Sunday of Lent, 12 March 2000 Response, Debate, Reception Part II. Doctrine and Practice: Frameworks and Implications ..............151 5. The Communion of Saints .........153 The Church in Time : Robert Jenson on the Trinity God and Time Ecclesiology Communion, Forgiveness, Intercession Healing of Memories Remembering, Forgetting, Final Reconciliation 6. Sin and the Holiness of the Church ............199 Discourses of Sin and Holiness The holy Church in Protestant Theology The holy Church in Roman Catholic Theology A Theology of a Sinful Church Finding the penitential Body in History Identity of a Pentitent church in Relation to Judaism Conforming the body of Christ over Time 7. Forgiveness and reconciliation ..........243 Sacrament of Reconciliation Contrition and Confession : The Examination of Conscience Penance Absolution Contributions of Repentance and Apology to Reconciliation Collective responsibility Social Sin Forgiveness Apology and Reconciliation ER -