"God and Humanity in Auschwitz" synthesizes the findings of
research developed over the last thirty years on the rise of
anti-Semitism in our civilization. Donald J. Dietrich sees the
Holocaust as a case study of how prejudice has been theologically
enculturated. He suggests how it may be controlled by reducing
aggressive energy before it becomes overwhelming. Dietrich studies
the recent responses of Christian theologians to the Holocaust and
the Jewish theological response to questions concerning God's
covenant with Israel, which were provoked by Auschwitz.
Social science has dealt with the psychosocial dynamics that
have supported genocide and helps explain how ordinary persons can
produce extraordinary evil. Dietrich shows how this research,
combined with theological analyses, can help reconfigure theology
itself. Such an approach may serve to help dissolve anti-Semitism,
to aid in constructing such positive values as respect for human
dignity, and to point the way to restricting future outbreaks of
genocide.
"God and Humanity in Auschwitz" surveys which religious factors
created a climate that permitted the Holocaust. It also illuminates
what social science has to tell us about developing a strategy
that, when institutionally implemented, can channel our energies
away from sanctioned murder toward a more compassionate society.
The book has proven to be an essential resource for theologians,
sociologists, historians, and political theorists.
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