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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823348203321

Autore

Pinnock Sarah Katherine

Titolo

Beyond theodicy : Jewish and Christian continental thinkers respond to the Holocaust / / Sarah Katherine Pinnock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, N.Y., : State University of New York Press, c2002

ISBN

0-7914-8780-6

0-585-48928-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 195 pages)

Collana

SUNY series in theology and continental thought

Disciplina

296.3/118

Soggetti

Holocaust (Jewish theology)

Holocaust (Christian theology)

Theodicy

Political science - Philosophy

Existentialism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Types of approaches to Holocaust suffering: practical responses as alternatives to theodicy Existential encounter with evil: Gabriel Marcel's response to suffering as a trial Dialogical faith: Martin Buber's I-thou response to suffering and its meaning Marxist theory and practice: scientific and humanist Marxism Faith as hope in history: Ernst Bloch and political post-Holocaust theology Solidarity and resistance: Johann Baptist Metz's theodicy-sensitive response to suffering Pragmatics, existential and political: comparison, contrast, and complementarity Beyond theodicy: evaluating theodicy from a practical perspective

Sommario/riassunto

"Beyond Theodicy analyzes the rising tide of objections to explanations and justifications for why God permits evil and suffering in the world. In response to the Holocaust, striking parallels have emerged between major Jewish and Christian thinkers centering on practical faith approaches that offer meaning within suffering. Author Sarah K. Pinnock focuses on Jewish thinkers Martin Buber and Ernst Bloch and Christian thinkers Gabriel Marcel and Johann Baptist Metz to present two diverse rejections of theodicy, one existential, represented by Buber and Marcel, and one political, represented by Bloch and Metz.



Pinnock interweaves the disciplines of philosophy of religion, post-Holocaust thought, and liberation theology to formulate a dynamic vision of religious hope and resistance."--Jacket