Renewing the church as a community of hope: the German catholic church confronts the Shoah
This essay analyzes the context and content of the (West) German Catholic Church’s first response to the Shoah in its synod document “Our Hope,” drafted by theologian Johann Baptist Metz, an important example of post-Shoah theology and post-Vatican II renewal. The synod uniquely included the laity a...
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Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2016
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Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: [337]-365 |
IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBB German language area KDB Roman Catholic Church NBN Ecclesiology |