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Book Review: The Possibility of Salvation among the Unevangelised

Schimmel also discusses group repentance and its importance in Christian-Jewish reconciliation. He sees value in Pope John Paul II's apology to the Jewish people, even if Catholic repentance is incomplete. Solomon Schimmel, whose parents fled from European antiSemitism to America in the early twentieth century, also ponders his moral responsibility for the evil legacy of American slavery. Rightly, in my view, he recognizes that repentance and apology even when restitution is impossible can heal past injustices and open the way to reconciliation. Repentance and forgiveness, which are hard enough for individuals, are more difficult where centuries of conflict and injustice have left a legacy of hatred, but in the long term this will be more effective than war against terror in establishing a just and peaceful world. Perhaps the major contribution religions can make to contemporary society is to emphasize their teachings on forgiveness and to practise them.