God and Humanity in Auschwitz: Jewish-Christian Relations and Sanctioned Murder - Rilegato

Dietrich, Donald J.

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ISBN 10: 156000147X ISBN 13: 9781560001478

Casa editrice: Transaction Pub, 1994

Riassunto

God and Humanity in Auschwitz synthesizes the findings of research developed over the last thirty years on the rise of antisemitism in our civilization. Dietrich sees the Holocaust as a case study of how prejudice has been theologically enculturated. He suggests how it may be controlled by reducing aggressive energy before it becomes overwhelming. Dietrich studies the recent responses of Christian theologians to the Holocaust and the Jewish theological response to questions concerning God's covenant with Israel, which were provoked by Auschwitz.
Social science has dealt with the psychosocial dynamics that have supported genocide and helps explain how ordinary persons can produce extraordinary evil. Dietrich shows how this research, combined with the theological analyses, can help reconfigure theology itself. Such an approach may serve to help dissolve antisemitism, to aid in constructing such positive values as respect for human dignity, and to point the way to restricting future outbreaks of genocide.
God and Humanity in Auschwitz surveys which religious factors created a climate that permitted the Holocaust. It also illuminates what social science has to tell us about developing a strategy that, when institutionally implemented, can channel our energies away from sanctioned murder toward a more compassionate society. It is an essential resource for theologians, sociologists, historians, and political theorists.

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L'autore:

Donald J. Dietrich is chairman of the Department of Theology at Boston College.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Transaction Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 156000147X
• ISBN 13: 9781560001478
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 355