Reading Auschwitz with Barth: The Holocaust as Problem and Promise for Barthian Theology

by Mark R Lindsay

Overview

It has been widely accepted that few individuals had as great an influence on the church and its theology during the twentieth century as Karl Barth (1886-1968). His legacy continues to be explored and explained, with theologians around the world and from across the ecumenical spectrum vigorously debating the doctrinal ramifications of Barth's insights. What has been less readily accepted is that the Holocaust of the Jews had an equally profound effect, and that it, too, entails far-reaching consequencesfor the church's understanding of itself and its God. In this groundbreaking book, Barth and the Holocaust are brought into deliberate dialogue with one another to show why the church should heed both their voices, and how that might be done.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780227174715
Publisher:	James Clarke & Co
Publication date:	09/25/2014
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

Associate Professor Mark R. Lindsay is Director of Research at MCD University of Divinity. He is the author of two earlier books on Karl Barth—Covenanted Solidarity: The Theological Basis of Karl Barth's Opposition to Nazi Antisemitism and the Holocaust (2001), and Barth, Israel and Jesus (2007)—as well as numerous chapters and articles on Barth, Bonhoeffer, and post-Holocaust theology.

Table of Contents

Preface Foreword by Martin Rumscheidt List of Abbreviations Introduction Section I: Setting the Scene 1 Facing the Tremendum (I): The Shoah and Modern Jewish Thought 2 Facing the Tremendum (II): The Shoah and Modern Christian Thought Section II: Engaging with Barth 3 The Barthian Barrier: Karl Barth's Natural Theological Nein! to the Holocaust 4 Shoah as Witness? The Holocaust as a Testifying Event 5 Barth and Berkovits: The Dialectics of Revelation and the Hester Panim 6 The Solidarity of Crucified Suffering Conclusion: The Barthian Challenge to Post-Holocaust Theology: A Caution Against Saying Too Much Bibliography Name Index Subject Index Preface Foreword by Martin Rumscheidt List of Abbreviations Introduction Section I: Setting the Scene 1 Facing the Tremendum (I): The Shoah and Modern Jewish Thought 2 Facing the Tremendum (II): The Shoah and Modern Christian Thought Section II: Engaging with Barth 3 The Barthian Barrier: Karl Barth's Natural Theological Nein! to the Holocaust 4 Shoah as Witness? The Holocaust as a Testifying Event 5 Barth and Berkovits: The Dialectics of Revelation and the Hester Panim 6 The Solidarity of Crucified Suffering Conclusion: The Barthian Challenge to Post-Holocaust Theology: A Caution Against Saying Too Much Bibliography Name Index Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

"...this is an interesting, readable, and important book that provides a fitting capstone to Lindsay's trilogy. One of the most significant contributions of this book is its willingness to face what Lindsay calles the tremendum of the holocaust and to continue to rethink Christian theology, liturgy, and practise in light of the horror of those events."-Ashley Cocksworth, Modern Believing (57.2), March 2016"Lindsay's work is to be commended for locating critical and constructive possibilities for dialogue between Barthian theology and contemporary post-Holocaust theology, as well as for elucidating how these fresh points of contact could bear significant import for theological reflection today. The book is particularly well suited for postgraduate students and scholars interested in delving more deeply into Barthian studies or post-Holocaust theology."-Katie R. Leggett, Theological Book Review, Vol. 26 No. 2, 2015

From the Publisher

…this is an interesting, readable, and important book that provides a fitting capstone to Lindsay's trilogy. One of the most significant contributions of this book is its willingness to face what Lindsay calls the tremendum of the holocaust and to continue to rethink Christian theology, liturgy, and practice in light of the horror of those events.

(57.2), March 2016 - Ashley Cocksworth