Seventy years after it took place, the Holocaust committed against the Jews of Europe during World War II continues to cast a giant shadow over humankind. Man's inhumanity to man is not a thing of the past. Genocidal action is still commonplace around the globe. Has humankind learned the lessons of the past? Is the human race doomed to live in a perpetual state of war and self-destruction? Explaining the Holocaust shows how, given the right circumstances, human beings can lose their humanity. Does that mean that the ethical teachings of the major religions are wishful thinking? This book tackles two questions that continue to be asked by people everywhere: Why did a highly civilized nation like Germany, in the middle of the twentieth century, commit the most heinous crime in all of human history? And if indeed there is a loving God who made a covenant with the people of Israel, why were millions of innocent, peaceful Jews dehumanized, starved, tortured, and systematically murdered? Explaining the Holocaust spares no one in discussing the enormity of the evil. But it also shows how the divine spark in human beings did not die during those years of darkness, and why we still have a glimmer of hope.
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A wide-ranging exploration of the most notorious genocide of the twentieth century, seeking to shed light on its origins, its evolution, and its theological implications.
Foreword by Mordecai Paldiel
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1: Bottomless Evil
1 Not Just Another Genocide
2 How It All Started
3 Germany and Europe after World War I
4 Satan's Prophet: The Rise of Hitler
5 The World according to Hitler
6 The Complicity of the World: A Tale of Two Conferences
7 Those Who Did the Dirty Work
8 The Evolution of the Holocaust
9 The Judenrat Dilemma
10 Jewish Inaction during the Holocaust
11 Righteous Gentiles
Part 2: The Problem of Faith
12 A Brief History of Jewish Martyrdom
13 A New Language of Faith
14 Christianity and the Holocaust
15 The Problem of Jewish Victimhood
16 The State of Israel as Sign and Wonder
17 The Universality of Faith
18 The Possibility of Faith after the Holocaust
19 The Way Back
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"Schreiber's historical narrative is well written and engaging"
Katie R Leggett, University of Edinburgh, Theological Book Review vol.27 (2017) no.2, pp.130-1
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780718894184
Publisert
1900
Utgiver
Vendor
Lutterworth Press
Vekt
324 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
220
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