Reconciliation without the gospel, a city without a horizon
1 Institute of Applied Statistics, Department of actuarial science and finance, University of Burundi, Burundi.
2 Faculty of Theology and missiology, Department of Theology, International Leadership University, Burundi.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 24(03), 812–816
Publication history:
Received on 13 October 2024; revised on 24 November 2024; accepted on 27 November 2024
Abstract:
The Great Lakes region of Africa has gone through long years of incessant wars. This situation has created divisive conflicts between its sons and daughters. Now, enormous efforts are being made here and there for a probable reconciliation. The goal of reconciliation is a future aspiration, an important element to aim for, perhaps even an ideal city to hope for in the Great Lakes region of Africa torn apart by conflicts of all kinds. This new city – a reconciled city, a peaceful and pacifying city – is only possible if the people of the Great Lakes agree to move from a divided past to a shared future. This article endeavored to prove the fact that reconciliation involves a whole process of which forgiveness is one of the fundamental elements such as truth and justice. Finally, the kind of reconciliation that wants to achieve its goal needs to begin with reconciliation with God and has to find its foundations in the Bible.
Keywords:
Reconciliation; Gospel; Horizon; Great Lakes region of Africa; Forgiveness; God
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