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Abstract / Summary

Turmoil still grips the Middle East and fear now paralyzes post-9/11 America. The comforts and challenges of this book are thus as timely as when first published in 1987. With new reflections on the future of Judaism and Israel, Ellis underscores the enduring problem of justice. Ellis' use of liberation theology to make connections between the Holocaust and contemporary communities from the Third World reminds both Jews and oppressed Christians that they share common ground in the experiences of abandonment, suffering, and death. The connections also reveal that Jews and Christians share a common cause in the battle against idolatry -- represented now by obsessions for personal affluence, national security, and ethnic survival. According to Ellis, Jews and Christians must never allow the reality of anti-Semitism to become an excuse for evading solidarity with the oppressed peoples -- be they African, Asian, Latin American or, especially, Palestinian.

Field of Interest

Religion & Thought

Author

Marc H. Ellis, 1952-, Gustavo Gutiérrez, 1928-, Desmond Tutu, 1931-

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2004 by Baylor University Press

Content Type

Book

Duration

0 sec

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Original Publication Date

1987

Page Count

279

Publication Year

2004

Publisher

Baylor University Press

Place Published / Released

Waco, TX

Subject

Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Persecution, Conflict, and War, Holocaust, 1939-1945, الاضطهاد, الصراع, والحرب, Persécution, conflit, et guerre, Verfolgung, Konflikt, und Krieg, רדיפות, סכסוכים, ומלחמה, Persecución, Conflicto y Guerra, Perseguição, Conflito e Guerra, Israel-Palestina, Israel-Palestine, Jewish, Jews, Attitudes toward, Suffering & Evil, Theology, Justice, Jews

Keywords and Translated Subjects

الاضطهاد, الصراع, والحرب, Persécution, conflit, et guerre, Verfolgung, Konflikt, und Krieg, רדיפות, סכסוכים, ומלחמה, Persecución, Conflicto y Guerra, Perseguição, Conflito e Guerra, Israel-Palestina