Abstract
<jats:p>In Jesus the Forgiving Victim, priest-theologian James Alison offers a journey into the Christian Faith suitable for individual readers and group sharing. While much catechetical material is either informative or lays down “what must be believed”, the inductive method (insisted on by Pope Francis and used here) invites readers, or course participants, into the inside of a rich and penetrating mystery: God who does not demand sacrifice but offers a love far greater than any of us knows. One which empowers us to shift from a way of being together that creates victims to one received peacefully from the Risen Lord. Alison uses the anthropological insights of René Girard to allow the most traditional doctrines to come alive as you explore a human story where death no longer has the final say and every "outsider" is welcomed home. Through the eyes of the Risen and Forgiving Victim, learn to see yourself, your neighbour, and the world in a startlingly new—and deeply liberating—light. While obviously Catholic in content and methodology, this work has been widely used ecumenically without causing scandal.</jats:p>