The Death of God Movement and the Holocaust

Radical Theology Encounters the Shoah

John K Roth editor Stephen R Haynes editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:30th Jun '99

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Evaluates the religious and cultural legacy of the Death of God movement and its relationship to the Holocaust.

The Death of God theologians represented one of the most influential religious movements that emerged of the 1960s, a decade in which the discipline of theology underwent revolutionary change.

The Death of God theologians represented one of the most influential religious movements that emerged of the 1960s, a decade in which the discipline of theology underwent revolutionary change. Although they were from different traditions, utilized varied methods of analysis, and focused on culture in distinctive ways, the four religious thinkers who sparked radical theology—Thomas Altizer, William Hamilton, Richard Rubenstein, and Paul Van Buren—all considered the Holocaust as one of the main challenges to the Christian faith. Thirty years later, a symposium organized by the American Academy of Religion revisited the Death of God movement by asking these four radical theologians to reflect on how awareness of the Holocaust affected their thinking, not only in the 1960s but also in the 1990s. This edited volume brings together their essays, along with responses by other noted scholars who offer critical commentary on the movement's impact, legacy, and relationship to the Holoca

ISBN: 9780313303654

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Weight: 482g

176 pages