Reframing the book of Esther as a case of spiritual mutism
Unanswered prayers by suffering innocents can make survivors feel ‘forgotten’ by God. Esther fosters a deeper appreciation of the social and theological implications of trauma for identities and communities at risk. In drawing on a decade of dialogue and practice with survivors of the Holocaust, thi...
| Published in: | Practical theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2020]
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| In: |
Practical theology
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations HB Old Testament NBC Doctrine of God ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Holocaust
B Diaspora B Healing B Jewish Diaspora B Trauma B THE BOOK OF ESTHER |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Unanswered prayers by suffering innocents can make survivors feel ‘forgotten’ by God. Esther fosters a deeper appreciation of the social and theological implications of trauma for identities and communities at risk. In drawing on a decade of dialogue and practice with survivors of the Holocaust, this biblical analysis incorporates into narratives of survival various interviews of Holocaust survivors in microsociological perspective, which discloses the gendered experience of colonialism in theological terms. By viewing conflict as performative drama, the author constructively examines the historic roots of biblical suffering for post-Holocaust retrieval. Through this existential focus, survivor narratives and the Megillah display contexts of social exclusion with hidden power relations, made clear in the subjective experiences of both victims and their diasporic forebears. |
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| ISSN: | 1756-0748 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1756073X.2019.1700667 |