Prospects for Post-Holocaust Theology

by Haynes, Stephen R.

• ISBN13: 9781555406523
• ISBN10: 1555406521
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-10-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This work examines the significance of "Israel" for Christianity in the pre-Holocaust theology of Karl Barth, and the post-holocaust theologies developed by Jurgen Moltmann and Paul van Buren. Concluding that Barth's "radical traditionalism" is an unsuitable basis for developing apost-Holocaust theology, the author turns to more promising work expressed by the "messianic theology" of Moltmann and the "radical theology" of van Buren. The book then distinguishes the work of Moltmann and van Buren from the work known as Holocaust theology, and places their work in the light ofboth the Reformed tradition and the revision of Christian doctrine after Auschwitz. The study concludes by discussing both the resources and obstacles facing post-Holocaust Christian theology.

Table of Contents

Backgrounds
Introduction to the Study	p. 3
Israel in Barth, Moltmann and van Buren
Karl Barth: Radical Traditionalism	p. 47
Jurgen Moltmann: Toward a Common Hope	p. 103
Paul van Buren: Radical Theology Encounters the Jewish-Christian Reality	p. 161
Prospects For Post-Holocaust Theology?
Prospects	p. 219
Obstacles	p. 269
Works Cited	p. 293
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