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Religious Studies 3465F/G
APOLOGIES, CONFESSIONS, AND FORGIVENESS
In the recent past, numerous corporations, churches and governments have apologized for past injustice. Tracing the historical development and contemporary deployment of these official apologies, this course asks: What is at stake in apologies? Should perpetrators be punished? What are survivors owed? What role do they play in political life?