Wie lassen sich zivilgesellschaftliche Akteure an der Aufarbeitung von Schuld in Folge von Systemwechseln beteiligten, um in Folge von Willkürherrschaft und Unterdrückung sein Vertrauen in Demokratie und Rechtsstaatlichkeit wiederherzustellen? Dieser Frage geht Maria Palme anhand der südkoreanischen und ostdeutschen Studie nach.

This book presents a theological inquiry into telling the truth for justice. It engages the hermeneutical and ethical challenges of truth-telling in conversation with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, Reformed public theologies, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Michel Foucault.

Reconciliation amid adversity helps create an environment of trust and cooperation. Zeina Barakat explores political reconciliation with a particular focus on Israel and Palestine. Various pre-conditions for reconciliation are addressed and barriers hindering reconciliation’s prospects in conflicts are diagnosed.

This volume breaks new ground by harnessing the views of seventeen distinguished scholars from a range of disciplines who are addressing key questions surrounding the tensions between fundamental ideas of international law, post-colonial and feminist thought on the one hand and Sharia law and protection of belief on the other.