A kiengesztelődés a teológiai és a politikai gyakorlat határán
Reconciliation on the Border between Theological and Political Praxis

Summary/Abstract: Reconciliation is a theologically-charged word with politically-charged implications. Over the last fifteen years, we have witnessed a dramatic shift in the contextual meaning of the word from the world of theology to the world of politics. The South African experience gave focus to a nascent discussion about what constitutes reconciliation in a political context and raised fruitful questions about the “parts” or “partners” of reconciliation: truth-telling, repentance, amnesty, reparations, and ultimately forgiveness and justice. As a theologian, I want to explore two questions about this turn of events. First, are we as theologians ready to give up our exclusive claim on reconciliation as a theological term or, at the very least, are we agreeable to the fact that reconciliation might have political as well as theological meanings? Second, if we are ready to allow reconciliation unhindered access across the borders of theology and politics, what wisdom from our theological tradition has informed the political praxis of reconciliation and has political praxis in any way challenged our theological understanding of reconciliation?

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