Unholy alliance: religion and atrocity in our time
"In this searing work Marc Ellis asks whether Christianity and Judaism are irredeemably scarred by tragic violence, vengeance, repression, and war. Or can genuine, life-giving elements in these traditions renew them and halt the cycle of violence? Is there God beyond violence?" "Ellis...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, Minn.
Fortress Press
1997
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| In: | Year: 1997 |
| Reviews: | Making a God Who Needs No Justifying (1998) (Madsen, Catherine)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Violent behavior
/ Cruelty
/ Theology after Auschwitz
/ Christianity
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| Further subjects: | B
Violence
Religious aspects
B Atrocities History 20th century |
| Summary: | "In this searing work Marc Ellis asks whether Christianity and Judaism are irredeemably scarred by tragic violence, vengeance, repression, and war. Or can genuine, life-giving elements in these traditions renew them and halt the cycle of violence? Is there God beyond violence?" "Ellis's personal quest for religious integrity in face of evil leads him to probe religious dimensions of both historical and contemporary eruptions of barbarism, to assess the work of prominent reformist theologians, and finally to examine what, in all honesty, we can still affirm about God."--BOOK JACKET "In this searing work Marc Ellis asks whether Christianity and Judaism are irredeemably scarred by tragic violence, vengeance, repression, and war. Or can genuine, life-giving elements in these traditions renew them and halt the cycle of violence? Is there God beyond violence?" "Ellis's personal quest for religious integrity in face of evil leads him to probe religious dimensions of both historical and contemporary eruptions of barbarism, to assess the work of prominent reformist theologians, and finally to examine what, in all honesty, we can still affirm about God."--BOOK JACKET |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-208) and index |
| ISBN: | 0800630807 |