The Holocaust and Its Religious Impact: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography

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Bloomsbury Academic, Jun 30, 2004 - History - 335 pages
An annotated bibliography of books and articles (published in English) dealing with the role of Christianity in regard to the Holocaust. The work is divided into four sections, with a brief introduction for each section. Ch. 1 (pp. 1-41), "Christian Anti-Judentum", deals with Christian antisemitism from the New Testament up to the 19th century. Ch. 2 (pp. 43-93), "From Anti-Judentum to Anti-Semitism", covers the period of the Enlightenment up to the Nazi seizure of power. Ch. 3 (pp. 95-177), "The Moral and Religious Response to the Nazi Persecution and Genocide of the Jews", deals with the role of Christians and of the Churches during the Nazi period. Ch. 4 (pp. 179-301), "Post World War II Responses to the Holocaust", examines the way Jews and Christians have assessed the responsibility of Christianity for bringing about the Holocaust, and ways in which the "teaching of contempt" can be eliminated from Church teachings and dogma.

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