The core of the faith.(Christian churches need a vision that deals with the social aspects of reconciliation)

The Christian Century | March 4, 1998| | Copyright

At the very beginning of her new book, Reconciled Being: Love in Chaos, the president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, highlights the words of the Apostle Paul: "All this has been the work of God. He has reconciled us unto himself through Christ and has enlisted us in this ministry of reconciliation" (2 Cor. 5:18). For her, reconciliation is not simply an event between "the soul and its God"; it has social and political dimensions.

For centuries, Christians have been hesitant to make this move. Hence the Christian tradition offers very little wisdom on the social ...

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