A Consuming Fire: Encounters with Elie Wiesel and the Holocaust

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John Knox Press, 1979 - History - 191 pages
Provides a moving story of undying faith and importantly, a discovery of human resource that will enable Christians and Jews to live together in a world that allows such atrocities. Proposes that Christians be a witness in restrospect to the worst evil that human beings have perpetrated on each other and discover the resources of heart, mind, and will which can check future destructions and draw us closer to our Jewish brethren.

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Why Should People Care?
15
Compelled to Do the Same
29
For the Moment We Are All Survivors
37
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John K. Roth is the Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, where he has taught since 1966. He has written, coauthored, or edited more than twenty-five books, including, most recently, "Ethics after the Holocaust" & major contributions to "The Holocaust Chronicle".

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