Regret – A Theology Griffiths Paperback MR – University of Notre Dame Press

RegretA Theology\nAuthor(s): Paul J. Griffiths\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268200268, 978-0268200268\nSynopsis\nIn this brilliant theological essay, Paul J. Griffiths takes the reader through all the stages of regret.\n\n To various degrees, all human beings experience regret. In this concise theological grammar, Paul J. Griffiths analyzes this attitude toward the past and distinguishes its various kinds. He examines attitudes encapsulated in the phrase, \""I would it were otherwise,\"" including regret, contrition, remorse, compunction, lament, and repentance. By using literature (especially poetry) and Christian theology, Griffiths shows both what is good about regret and what can be destructive about it. Griffiths argues that on the one hand regret can take the form of remorsean agony produced by obsessive and ceaseless examination of the errors, sins, and omissions of the past. T.