Fire in the Ashes: God, Evil, And the Holocaust
- ISBN-10
- 029598547X
- ISBN-13
- 9780295985473
- Series
- Fire in the Ashes
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 350
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Authors
- David Patterson, John K Roth
Description
Sixty years after it ended, the Holocaust continues to leave survivors and their descendants, as well as historians, philosophers, and theologians, pondering the enormity of that event. This book explores how inquiry about the Holocaust challenges understanding, especially its religious and ethical dimensions. Debates about God's relationship to evil are ancient, but the Holocaust complicated them in ways never before imagined. Its massive destruction left Jews and Christians searching among the ashes to determine what, if anything, could repair the damage done to tradition and to theology. Since the end of the Holocaust, Jews and Christians have increasingly sought to know how or even whether theological analysis and reflection can aid in comprehending its aftermath. Specifically, Jews and Christians, individually and collectively, find themselves more and more in the position of needing either to rethink theodicy -- typically understood as the vindication of divine justice in the face of evil -- or to abolish the concept altogether. Writing in a format that creates the feel of dialogue, the contributors to Fire in the Ashes confront these and other difficult questions about God and evil after the Holocaust. This book -- created out of shared concerns and a desire to investigate differences and disagreements between religious traditions and philosophical perspectives -- represents an effort to advance meaningful conversation between Jews and Christians and to encourage others to participate in similar inter- and intrafaith inquiries. The contributors to Fire in the Ashes are members of the Pastora Goldner Holocaust Symposium. Led since its founding in 1996 by Leonard Grob and Henry F. Knight, the symposium's Holocaust and genocide scholars -- a group that is interfaith, international, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational -- meet biennially in Oxfordshire, England.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2012-03-15
- 336 pages
- Ebook
- University of Washington Press
-
- 2013-09-03
- 354 pages
- Paperback
- Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Similar books
-
Fire from the Ashes: Short Stories about Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By Kenzaburō ŌeNobel Prize Laureate Winner Kenzaburo Oe selects and introduces nine compelling stories by japanese writers on the A-bomb and its aftermath in Japanese society from 1945 to today.
-
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
By Darnell L MooreNo Ashes in the Fire is a story of beauty and hope-and an honest reckoning with family, with place, and with what it means to be free.
-
Fire under the Ashes: An Atlantic History of the English Revolution
By John DonoghuePrendergast, Cromwellian Settlement, 326; An Act for the Attainder of the Rebels in Ireland: At the Parliament Begun at Westminster the 17th Day ofSeptember, 1656 (London, 1657); A. B. Hinds, ed., Calendar of State Papers and ...
-
Fire and Ashes
By Michael IgnatieffIn 2005 Michael Ignatieff left Harvard to lead Canada's Liberal Party and by 2008 was poised to become Prime Minister.
-
We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire
By Joy McCulloughFrom this low point, Em must find a new reason to go on and help her family heal, and she finds it in the unlikely form of the story of a fifteenth-century French noblewoman, Marguerite de Bressieux, who is legendary as an avenging knight ...
-
Fire and Ashes: On the Frontlines of American Wildfire
By John N. MacleanA history of American wildfires recounts the most significant fires, sharing front-line stories, past and present firefighting strategies, and the apparent increase in fire occurrence and intensity in recent years.
-
Fire from Ashes: The Reality of Perpetual Conversion
By Joseph HuneycuttPopular bloggers and podcasters Fr. Joseph Huneycutt and Steve "the Builder" Robinson explore the reality of life in Christ as perpetual conversion--falling and rising, falling and rising again.
-
The Fire and the Ashes: Rekindling Democratic Socialism
By Andrew JacksonIn The Fire and the Ashes, long-time union economist and policy analyst Andrew Jackson looks back on a fascinating career in the labour movement, the NDP, and left politics, combining keen historical analysis with a political manifesto for ...
-
Prince of Fire and Ashes: Book 3 of the Tielmaran Chronicles
By Katya ReimannThe swordmaster, still horribly animated, pressed Benet backward so they crumpled together across Tullier's couch. “It's Tielmaran magic!” Gaultry yelled, as Tullier was knocked over the back of the couch. “It's taking strength from the ...
-
Settler Colonialism and Land Rights in South Africa: Possession and Dispossession on the Orange River
By E. CavanaghIdentifying the many layers of dispossession definitive of the South African past, the book presents a provocative new argument about land rights and the residues of settler colonialism.