Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
- The Cambridge History Of The Holocaust
- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume IV
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- General Editor’s Introduction
- Introduction to Volume IV
- Part I History
- Part II Geography
- Part III Culture and Ideas
- 13 The Holocaust and Social Thought
- 14 The Holocaust and the Challenges of Representation
- 15 In Search of Global Justice: Holocaust, Genocide, Law
- 16 Theological Responses to the Holocaust
- 17 The Holocaust and Digital Humanities
- Part IV Culture and Fields
- Index
- References
16 - Theological Responses to the Holocaust
from Part III - Culture and Ideas
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2025
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
- The Cambridge History Of The Holocaust
- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume IV
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- General Editor’s Introduction
- Introduction to Volume IV
- Part I History
- Part II Geography
- Part III Culture and Ideas
- 13 The Holocaust and Social Thought
- 14 The Holocaust and the Challenges of Representation
- 15 In Search of Global Justice: Holocaust, Genocide, Law
- 16 Theological Responses to the Holocaust
- 17 The Holocaust and Digital Humanities
- Part IV Culture and Fields
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter offers an intellectual history of theological responses to the Holocaust, focusing on the way Jewish and Christian religious thinkers sought to make sense of Nazi mass murder. Focusing mainly on the USA, it follows post-Holocaust theologians’ explorations of the problem of evil. It demonstrates that, while theological explorations of the Holocaust saw a high point in the 1970s, since then they have declined in favor of historicization, whereby theological explorations of the Holocaust have given way to the historical study of the religious responses of Jews and Christians to Nazi crimes as they were unfolding.
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- The Cambridge History of the Holocaust , pp. 374 - 397Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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