Doing Theology in the Wake of Genocide: “Can Our Theology Ever be the Same Again After [Gaza]?”
What does it mean to do theology amid the genocide in Gaza? This essay responds to this question, beginning with a similar concern posed by Johann Baptist Metz after the Holocaust: Can our theology ever be the same again after Auschwitz? Metz’s theological response, which includes turning to the “da...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2025, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 307-327 |
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| Summary: | What does it mean to do theology amid the genocide in Gaza? This essay responds to this question, beginning with a similar concern posed by Johann Baptist Metz after the Holocaust: Can our theology ever be the same again after Auschwitz? Metz’s theological response, which includes turning to the “dangerous memory” of the oppressed and calling for costly solidarity, provides a starting point but ultimately proves insufficient. His post-Holocaust theology fails to recognize the “dangerous memories” of Palestinians. This essay critically engages both post-Holocaust theology and Christian Zionism, demonstrating how both theologies are complicit in the violence unfolding in Palestine-Israel today. Utilizing resources from Palestinian liberation theology and Bashir Bashir and Amos Goldberg’s work, which brings memories of Nakba and Holocaust together as part of a shared history, this essay proposes a Christian theological approach that takes accountability for Christian complicity in both anti-Palestinian racism and antisemitism. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-2176 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/jsce202599131 |
