POST-HOLOCAUST THEOLOGY: A JOURNEY OUT OF THE KINGDOM OF NIGHT
Unless Christianity wants to provide post-Shoah justification for the murder of six million Jews, it must abandon the ‘spiritual genocide’ implicit in a conversionist view and recognize that a totalitanan claim for the Gospel can prepare the way for totalitarian, political antisemitism. God's p...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1986
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1986, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 229-240 |
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| Summary: | Unless Christianity wants to provide post-Shoah justification for the murder of six million Jews, it must abandon the ‘spiritual genocide’ implicit in a conversionist view and recognize that a totalitanan claim for the Gospel can prepare the way for totalitarian, political antisemitism. God's participation in human suffering must extend to the unexcelled anguish of the Holocaust victims and not be restricted to the cross. An ethic of love that excludes Jews, and a Resurrection theology that confirms Christian triumphalism are no longer acceptable. Exaltation of suffering as redeeming must be replaced by a commitment to end suffering and an endorsement of power and sovereignty for the powerless. The State of Israel makes the Covenant's preservation possible, helps end Jewish vulnerability and demonstrates Jews' courage to hope |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/1.2.229 |