Fire in the ashes God, evil, and the Holocaust / [electronic resource] : edited and introduced by David Patterson and John K. Roth. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2005. - xviii, 350 p. - The Pastora Goldner series in post-Holocaust studies . - Pastora Goldner series in post-Holocaust studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-327) and index.

1. Fire and ashes: the "Tempter-God," evil, and the Shoah -- 2. Memories of evil and consequences for the representation of Jewish identity in Christian theology -- 3. Judaism in Protestant encounters with the Shoah -- 4. Locating God: placing ourselves in a post-Shoah world -- 5. "Like pebbles on the seashore": J.B. Soloveitchik on suffering -- 6. "Good" Friday after Auschwitz? -- 7. If the good becomes the evil: antimonotheism in Germany after reunification and the problems of the doctrine of justification -- 8. Some fundamental doubts about posing the question of theodicy in the post-Holocaust world -- 9. Horror vacui: God and evil in/after Auschwitz -- 10. Deliver us from evil? Kuhn's prayer and the masters of death -- 11. Seeking the fire in the ashes: a Chasidic accounting for evil from the midst of evil after the evil of Auschwitz.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780295803159 (electronic bk.)




Holocaust (Christian theology)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.
Theodicy.
Good and evil--Religious aspects.
Suffering--Religious aspects.
Holocaust (Jewish theology)


Electronic books.

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