Good News after Auschwitz? : Christian Faith in a Post-Holocaust World

by Rittner, Carol; Roth, John K.

• ISBN13: 9780865547018
• ISBN10: 0865547017
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

Summary

Many argue that Christians must address their own culpability in the destruction of Europe's Jewry. If post-Holocaust Christians only lament Christianity's sin the tradition will be ultimately left with little to say and no credibility. Post-Holocaust Christians must emphasize positive differences that Christianity can make, including:
-- Repentant honesty about Christianity's anti-Jewish history
-- New appreciation for the Jewish origins of Christianity, the Jewish identity of Jesus, and the continuing vitality of the Jewish people and their traditions
-- Welcome liberation from liturgies and biblical interpretations that promote harmful Christian exclusivism

Table of Contents

Introduction. A Jarring Juxtaposition	ix
Carol Rittner
John K. Roth
Part One. Precautions	1	(42)
Beware Good News: Faith and Fallacy in Post-Holocaust Christianity	3	(18)
Stephen R. Haynes
The Failure of Goodness: In Search of the Christian Christian	21	(8)
Stephen D. Smith
Can I Still Be a Christian after Auschwitz?	29	(8)
Bev. Allen Asbury
Christian Integrity after Auschwitz	37	(6)
Hubert G. Locke
Part Two. Practices	43	(86)
Canonizing Edith Stein and Recognizing Catholic Antisemitism	45	(24)
Eloise Rosenblatt
After Auschwitz: Jews, Judaism, and Christian Worship	69	(16)
Robert W. Bullock
Good News after Auschwitz: Binding the Brokenhearted	85	(14)
Jolene Chu
James N. Pellechia
The Holy Ground of Hospitality: Good News for a Shoah-Tempered World	99	(18)
Henry F. Knight
What Can a Christian Say about Forgiveness after Auschwitz?	117	(12)
Carol Rittner
Part Three. Proclamations	129	(58)
The Message and the Means: Some Historical Reflections on the ``Good News''	131	(10)
Victoria J. Barnett
A Post-Shoah Interventionist Christianity: Expanding the Ranks of the Faithful Remnant in the Third Millennium	141	(16)
Douglas K. Huneke
The Good News after Auschwitz: A Biblical Reflection	157	(16)
David P. Gushee
Good News After Auschwitz: Does Christianity Have Any?	173	(14)
John K. Roth
Postscript. The Courage to Try	187	(6)
Carol Rittner
John K. Roth
Bibliography	193	(10)
About the Editors and Contributors	203	(6)
Index	209