Campaigner against Antisemitism: The Reverend James Parkes 1896–1981. By Colin Richmond. Foreword by Tony Kushner. Pp. xxii + 312. Illustrated. Middlesex, UK, and Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell, 2005. isbn 0 85303 573 3 and 574 1. Hardback £45; paper £19.95
James Parkes is virtually unknown today but he was one of the most significant Christian figures of the twentieth century. First, his pioneering scholarly work on anti-Semitism, including its Christian roots, laid the foundation for all subsequent work in this field. The huge collection of books he...
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Oxford University Press
2006
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 805-806 |
| Review of: | Campaigner against antisemitism (London [u.a.] : Vallentine Mitchell, 2005) (Harries, Richard)
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| Summary: | James Parkes is virtually unknown today but he was one of the most significant Christian figures of the twentieth century. First, his pioneering scholarly work on anti-Semitism, including its Christian roots, laid the foundation for all subsequent work in this field. The huge collection of books he built up on the subject is now housed at the Parkes Library, Southampton University, which incarnates Parkes's vision with ongoing research, visiting scholars, and publications. Secondly, Parkes actively campaigned in the late 1920s and 1930s on behalf of Jews in Europe, working to get many out, badgering government departments, and trying to alert the population to the terrible events that were beginning to happen there. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fll054 |