The Death of God Movement and the Holocaust: Radical Theology Encounters the Shoah (Contributions to the Study of Religion: Christianity and the Holocaust—Core Issues) [Hardcover]

Stephen R. Haynes (Editor), John K. Roth (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Contributions to the Study of Religion: Christianity and the Holocaust—Core Issues | Publication Date: June 30, 1999

The Death of God theologians represented one of the most influential religious movements that emerged of the 1960s, a decade in which the discipline of theology underwent revolutionary change. Although they were from different traditions, utilized varied methods of analysis, and focused on culture in distinctive ways, the four religious thinkers who sparked radical theology—Thomas Altizer, William Hamilton, Richard Rubenstein, and Paul Van Buren—all considered the Holocaust as one of the main challenges to the Christian faith. Thirty years later, a symposium organized by the American Academy of Religion revisited the Death of God movement by asking these four radical theologians to reflect on how awareness of the Holocaust affected their thinking, not only in the 1960s but also in the 1990s. This edited volume brings together their essays, along with responses by other noted scholars who offer critical commentary on the movement's impact, legacy, and relationship to the Holocaust.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Stephen Haynes and John K. Roth have brought together 12 important scholarly essays on the death of God movement that not only review its contribution to theology three decades ago, but reinvigorate its confrontation with the Shoah, the abolute evil of the Holocaust. Essays by Thomas Altizer, William Hamilton, Richard L. Rubenstein, and the late Paul Van Buren return us to a special moment in the mid 60s when theology had moved from the Seminary to the front pages of the newspapers, and one spoke of God's death and man's coming of age. By supplementing these fascinating essays -- written for a conference that reunited the principles -- with essays by other theologians, some who were on the scene 30 years ago and some who were just beginning their careers, Haynes and Roth have given the death of God movement serious scrutiny."-Michael Berenbaum, President Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation Professor of Theology, The University of Judaism

Book Description

Evaluates the religious and cultural legacy of the Death of God movement and its relationship to the Holocaust.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (June 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313303657
• ISBN-13: 978-0313303654
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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