%0 Journal Article %T Mourning for forgiveness %A Matthew Lawrence Potts %J Theology %@ 2044-2696 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0040571X19826177 %X This article proposes a new understanding of unconditional forgiveness as a human moral act, based on brief considerations of Scripture and atonement theology, as well as attention to forgiveness as a public and pastoral practice. The article seeks to define unconditional forgiveness as a specific and limited discipline of Christian non-violence, and as a pastoral and spiritual practice of Christian mourning %K atonement %K forgiveness %K mourning %K reconciliation %K retribution %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0040571X19826177