From the Unthinkable to the Unavoidable: American Christian and Jewish Scholars Encounter the Holocaust (Contributions to the Study of Religion) [Hardcover]

Carol Rittner (Editor), John K. Roth (Editor)

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Publication Date: February 28, 1997 | Series: Contributions to the Study of Religion: Christianity and the Holocaust - Core Issues (Book 48)

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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"These essays illuminate the poignancy of the struggles that each of the authors has endured as they have intellectually and emotionally sought to penetrate the reasons for the rampaging evil that has shaken our belief in human dignity. As the millennium approaches, this sensitively crafted testament may help us more constructively shape our moral responses for the 21st century."- Donald J. Dietrich Chair, Department of Theology Boston College

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Well-known scholars of the Holocaust reflect on why they began to study the Holocaust and how their thinking has changed over the years.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (February 28, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313296839
• ISBN-13: 978-0313296833
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,234,391 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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John K. Roth is the Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights (now the Center for Human Rights Leadership) at Claremont McKenna College, where he taught from 1966 through 2006. In 2007-2008, he served as the Robert and Carolyn Frederick Distinguished Visiting Professor of Ethics at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. In addition to service on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and on the editorial board for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, he has published hundreds of articles and reviews and authored, co-authored, or edited more than forty books, including Genocide and Human Rights: A Philosophical Guide; Gray Zones: Ambiguity and Compromise in the Holocaust and Its Aftermath; and Ethics During and After the Holocaust: In the Shadow of Birkenau. With Peter Hayes, Roth is currently editing the Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies for the Oxford University Press. Roth has been Visiting Professor of Holocaust studies at the University of Haifa, Israel, and his Holocaust-related research appointments have included a 2001 Koerner Visiting Fellowship at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies in England as well as a 2004-05 appointment as the Ina Levine Invitational Scholar at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. In 1988, Roth was named U.S. National Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.