Long Night's Journey Into Day: A Revised Retrospective on the HolocaustCalls for a new attitude towards traditional religious ideas in view of the Holocaust, focusing on the contradiction between the Christian message and the Church's tradition of antisemitism. Analyzes the nature of the Final Solution, defined as the Nazi plan to declare Jews subhuman, destroy them and obliterate their memory. Discusses whether and how to remember the past, focusing on recent debate in West Germany and Austria, and the danger that German rejection of responsibility for Nazi crimes may lead to resentment against those reminding them and revive antisemitism. Emphasizes the uniqueness of the Holocaust as a turning-point in history. Surveys recent Jewish and Christian theological responses to questions raised by the Holocaust and suggests radical changes in Christian understanding of the New Testament, Christ's role, the Jewish people's mission and their right to a state of their own. |
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