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Mpho Tutu van Furth, Joseph Sebarenzi, and Deidre Green's presentations are now available to watch online: “Forgiveness & Reconciliation: A Maxwell Institute Symposium.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SAZsG56G1MBecause we live in an imperfect world, each of us will need to forgive others and each of us will need to be forgiven. Perhaps we can easily practice forgiveness for everyday mistakes, but what about unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence? Sometimes we risk making the practice of forgiveness too easy. How can we work to make forgiveness more meaningful?Mpho Tutu van Furth, Joseph Sebarenzi, Lisa Faulkner-Byrne, and Deidre Nicole Green have thought deeply about what forgiveness and reconciliation look like in the contexts of Rwanda, South Africa, and Ireland. At this symposium they examine forgiveness and reconciliation in diverse contexts and illuminate principles that apply more universally to everyday life.