A Moral Reckoning: The Role of the Catholic Church in the Holocaust and Its Unfulfilled Duty of Repair, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Vintage, 2002). 362 pp., 25.00 cloth, 16.00 pbk
Like Daniel Goldhagen, I hope to see the Roman Catholic Church “subject itself to a moral reckoning regarding its role in the persecution of the Jews,” (p. 289), and to become more “tolerant, publicly self-critical, anti-antisemitic.”1 Although Goldhagen seems grudging in acknowledging them, the Chu...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2005
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 540-543 |
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| Summary: | Like Daniel Goldhagen, I hope to see the Roman Catholic Church “subject itself to a moral reckoning regarding its role in the persecution of the Jews,” (p. 289), and to become more “tolerant, publicly self-critical, anti-antisemitic.”1 Although Goldhagen seems grudging in acknowledging them, the Church has made significant moves in that direction. But this book will not advance the process. Its denunciation is so heated, so un-nuanced, so un-cognizant of context, that I fear it could stiffen spines even among Catholics who favor a more responsive, more transparent officialdom, but who will be offended by this seemingly undiscriminating attack. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dci051 |