skip to content
Toward a Jewish theology of liberation : the challenge of the 21st century Preview this item
ClosePreview this item
  • Preview this Item (Questia)

Toward a Jewish theology of liberation : the challenge of the 21st century

Author: Marc H Ellis
Publisher: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, ©2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 3rd expanded edView all editions and formats
Summary:
"Turmoil still grips the Middle East and fear now paralyzes post-9/11 America. The comforts and challenges of this book are thus as timely as when first published in 1987. With new reflections on the future of Judaism and Israel, Ellis underscores the enduring problem of justice. The use of liberation theology to make connections between the Holocaust and contemporary communities from the Third World reminds both  Read more...
Rating:

(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

 

Find a copy in the library

Retrieving... Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Marc H Ellis
ISBN: 1932792007 9781932792003
OCLC Number: 54415056
Description: xviii, 260 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: A shattered witness --
The cost of empowerment --
Memory as burden and possibility: alternative views of the Holocaust and Israel --
A tradition of dissent --
Toward an inclusive liturgy of destruction --
Liberation struggles and the Jewish community --
From Holocaust to solidarity.
Responsibility: Marc H. Ellis.
More information:

Abstract:

"Turmoil still grips the Middle East and fear now paralyzes post-9/11 America. The comforts and challenges of this book are thus as timely as when first published in 1987. With new reflections on the future of Judaism and Israel, Ellis underscores the enduring problem of justice. The use of liberation theology to make connections between the Holocaust and contemporary communities from the Third World reminds both Jews and oppressed Christians that they share a common ground in the experiences of abandonment, suffering, and death. The connections also reveal that Jews and Christians share a common cause in the battle against idolatry - represented now by obsessions for personal affluence, national security, and ethnic survival. According to Ellis, Jews and Christians must never allow the reality of anti-Semitism to become an excuse to evade solidarity with the oppressed peoples - be they African, Asian, Latin American or, especially, Palestinian."--Jacket.

Reviews

User-contributed reviews
Retrieving weRead reviews...
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving Amazon reviews...

Tags

Be the first.
Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.

Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.