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==Current Applications==

==Current Applications==

But the wars of the twentieth century and the many situations of transitional [[justice]] (the restoration of civil relations after periods of oppression) brought the wider social-political concept of reconciliation back into prominence in Christian [[thinking]] and made it the property of all the world. Thus, in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa South Africa], the effort to heal the [[society]] after the ills of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid apartheid] gave rise to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_(South_Africa) Truth and Reconciliation Commission]. Its grant of amnesty to offenders, on condition that they admit their [[guilt]], was seen as far more satisfactory than the more vengeful [[process]] of the Nuremberg Trials after the collapse of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism Nazism]. We can observe an outgrowth of this development in the growing interest in restorative justice, a legal concept that defines the objective of a justice system as the restoration of [[relations]] rather than simply the determination of [[guilt]] and the [[punishment]] of the offender—retributive justice.

But the wars of the twentieth century and the many situations of transitional [[justice]] (the restoration of civil relations after periods of oppression) brought the wider social-political concept of reconciliation back into prominence in Christian [[thinking]] and made it the property of all the world. Thus, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa South Africa], the effort to heal the [[society]] after the ills of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid apartheid] gave rise to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_(South_Africa) Truth and Reconciliation Commission]. Its grant of amnesty to offenders, on condition that they admit their [[guilt]], was seen as far more satisfactory than the more vengeful [[process]] of the Nuremberg Trials after the collapse of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism Nazism]. We can observe an outgrowth of this development in the growing interest in restorative justice, a legal concept that defines the objective of a justice system as the restoration of [[relations]] rather than simply the determination of [[guilt]] and the [[punishment]] of the offender—retributive justice.

Christian proponents of reconciliation, such as Archbishop [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu Desmond Tutu] of South Africa or the Croatian theologian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_Volf Miroslav Volf], have consequently held prominence in this [[movement]], although it has also been taken up as a managed and secular technical process conducted by professional mediators. [[Realization]] of the benefits that can be derived from this kind of process has brought about the rise of Track II diplomacy, the work of nongovernmental peace-building professionals who can often help the [[citizen]]ry of conflicted societies reach reconciliation in ways that the official diplomatic representatives of governments cannot, or who can be the catalysts of solutions to conflict that governments could not generate themselves.

Christian proponents of reconciliation, such as Archbishop [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu Desmond Tutu] of South Africa or the Croatian theologian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_Volf Miroslav Volf], have consequently held prominence in this [[movement]], although it has also been taken up as a managed and secular technical process conducted by professional mediators. [[Realization]] of the benefits that can be derived from this kind of process has brought about the rise of Track II diplomacy, the work of nongovernmental peace-building professionals who can often help the [[citizen]]ry of conflicted societies reach reconciliation in ways that the official diplomatic representatives of governments cannot, or who can be the catalysts of solutions to conflict that governments could not generate themselves.

Distinguishing between the [[concepts]] of [[forgiveness]] and reconciliation has troubled many. We may see forgiveness as the personalized action of individuals and reconciliation as the effect of the healing of relations in the broader [[society]].

Distinguishing between the [[concepts]] of [[forgiveness]] and reconciliation has troubled many. We may see forgiveness as the personalized action of individuals and reconciliation as the effect of the healing of relations in the broader [[society]].

==Source Citation==

==Source Citation==

"Reconciliation." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr.. Vol. 7. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 110-111. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. University of the South. 18 Oct. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=tel_a_uots>.

"Reconciliation." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr.. Vol. 7. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 110-111. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. University of the South. 18 Oct. 2009 <https://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=tel_a_uots>.

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