The faithful in a time of trial: the evangelical understanding of the Holocaust
The Holocaust occupies an important place in Christian evangelical literature. The murder of millions of Jews in Europe during World War II has been a topic evangelicals have needed to deal with, and books relating to the Holocaust have been popular in evangelical circles since the 1970s. The centra...
| Published in: | The journal of religion & society |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Creighton University
2001
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The journal of religion & society
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| Further subjects: | B
Christianity and Judaism; 1900-1999
B Evangelicalism; Relations; Judaism B Autobiographies B Biographies B Holocaust B Jewish (1939-1945) in literature B Jews; Relations; Christians |
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| Summary: | The Holocaust occupies an important place in Christian evangelical literature. The murder of millions of Jews in Europe during World War II has been a topic evangelicals have needed to deal with, and books relating to the Holocaust have been popular in evangelical circles since the 1970s. The central issue such books confront is how Christian believers behaved during that unprecedented time of trial. The books have come to reassure evangelical Christians that true Christian believers had nothing to do with the persecution and annihilation of Jews, and that in fact their behavior had been exemplary. Evangelical writers have further pointed to the horrors of the Holocaust, as a proof that human beings are in need of accepting Jesus as their Savior and following in his footsteps. Evangelical Holocaust literature also has come to promote the evangelical opinion on the special role of Jews in history and the need to evangelize that nation. |
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| ISSN: | 1522-5658 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10504/64477 |