I. Religious Studies – II. Bible – III. Dogmatics – IV. Ethics
I. Religious Studies
While (re)conciliation as an instrument for reaching an amicable settlement in a lawsuit has echoes of the legal ¶ dimension of expiation, the meaning of expiation (appeasement, pacification) refers first of all to the (re)establishment of an undisturbed state or of a “sound” relationship. In contrast to atonement (Reconciliation: II), which is essentially rooted in Jewish and Christian not…