Forgiveness in the Catholic Church

Abstract

By comparing religious and scientific perspectives, I hope to broaden the concept of forgiveness and demonstrate that both religious and scientific ways of knowing have something valuable to contribute to the overall understanding and practice of forgiveness in society. As religious scholar Huston Smith points out, “it takes two eyes converging on an object from different angles to provide the dimension of depth.” Hopefully combining the religious and scientific perspectives on forgiveness will help provide greater depth to this concept.