In this Book
- Beyond Theodicy: Jewish and Christian Continental Thinkers Respond to the Holocaust
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Theology and Continental Thought
summary
Explores the work of post-Holocaust Jewish and Christian thinkers who reject theodicy—arguments explaining why a loving God can permit evil and suffering in the world. 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.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. iii-iv
- Abbreviations
- pp. ix-x
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 175-188
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791487808
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
53956515
Pages
195
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No