From the Unthinkable to the Unavoidable
American Christian and Jewish Scholars Encounter the Holocaust
Published on 28. February 1997
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-0-313-29683-3 (ISBN)
Description
In the last half century, ways of thinking about the Holocaust have changed somewhat dramatically. In this volume, noted scholars reflect on how their own thinking about the Holocaust has changed over the years. In their personal stories they confront the questions that the Holocaust has raised for them and explore how these questions have been evolving. Contributors include John T. Pawlikowski, Richard L. Rubenstein, Michael Berenbaum, and Eva Fleischner.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-29683-3 (9780313296833)
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Persons
CAROL RITTNER is a Sister of Mercy from the Dallas, Pennsylvania Regional Community. She was appointed the Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Holocaust Studies at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in 1994. She continues to teach there as Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies. In addition to her teaching and her many publications in the field of Holocaust Studies, Rittner has served as the founding director of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity.
JOHN K. ROTH is Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, where he has been a faculty member since 1966. He has held visiting professorships in Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Israel, and Norway. He has published more than twenty books and hundreds of articles, many of them focused on the Holocaust. During 1995-96, he was a Fulbright Fellow in Norway.
JOHN K. ROTH is Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, where he has been a faculty member since 1966. He has held visiting professorships in Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Israel, and Norway. He has published more than twenty books and hundreds of articles, many of them focused on the Holocaust. During 1995-96, he was a Fulbright Fellow in Norway.
Content
Series Foreword Introduction: Memories, Encounters, and Challenges by Carol Rittner and John K. Roth Memories Voices for Change: Chapters in the Post-Holocaust Dialogue by Abraham J. Peck A Door that Opened and Never Closed: Teaching the Shoah by Eva Fleischner In the Name of the Father by Harry James Cargas Being Catholic, Learning Jewish: Personal Reflections on the Shoah by Eugene J. Fisher Post-Holocaust Jewish Reflections on German Theology by Susannah Heschel Encounters How My Mind Has Changed by Alan L. Berger My Experience with the Holocaust by Franklin H. Littell Penetrating Barriers: A Holocaust Retrospective by John T. Pawlikowski Once and Not Future Partisan: A Plea for History by A. Roy Eckardt From Ignorance to Insight by Carol Rittner Challenges The Shoah-Road to a Revised/Revived Christianity by Alice Eckardt From Anger to Inquiry by David R. Blumenthal A Twentieth-Century Journey by Richard L. Rubenstein Transforming the Void by Michael Berenbaum It Started with Tears: The Holocaust's Impact on My Life and Work by John K. Roth Selected Bibliography Index