Sin / Gail Ramshaw Schmidt -- The 1983 Synod of Bishops and the "crisis of confession" / Catherine Dooley -- The Tridentine model of confession in its historical context / Dionisio Borobio -- The process of conversion and its ministries / Konrad Baumgartner -- "Social sin" and its acknowledgement / Michael Sievernich -- Children's confession / Norbette Mette -- Sin, confession, and reconciliation in Africa / Kabasele-Lumbala -- Confession of sins in the Old Testament / Cesare Giraudo -- Testimonies from the Christian east to the possibility of self- reconciliation / Frans van de Paverd -- The confession of sins in the Reformation churches / Frank Senn -- Confession of fault and reconciliation between the churches / Geoffrey Wainwright.