Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation: Foreword by Desmond Tutu and Gustavo Gutierrez
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Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation: Foreword by Desmond Tutu and Gustavo Gutierrez
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Overview
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.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781602580374 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Baylor University Press |
| Publication date: | 08/04/2006 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 253 |
| Lexile: | 1370L (what's this?) |
| File size: | 4 MB |
About the Author
MARC H. ELLIS was appointed to the J.M. Dawson Institute of Chruch State Studies at Baylor University in 1998, and was designated in 1999 as both University Professor of American and Jewish Studies and Director of the Center for American and Jewish Studies. He holds an M.A. in American Studies from Florida State University and a Ph.D. in Contemporary Intellectual and Religious Studies from Marquette University. Dr. Ellis is distinguished for his specialization in the areas of Jewish, Christian, and Third World liberation theology, Holocaust and Post-Holocaust theology, and Twentieth-Century Jewish-Christian theology, thought, and dialogue.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Desmond Tutu and Gustavo Gutierrez
Introduction
1. A Shattered Witness
The Witness of Elie Wiesel
A Broken Covenant
The Commanding Voice of Auschwitz
Moment Faiths
The Holocaust as a Universal Crisis
2. The Cost of Empowerment
The Third Era of Jewish History
The New Anti-Semitism
Jews Without Mercy
3. Memory as Burden and Possibility
Holocaust as Burden
Dissenters in Zion
Prophetic Warnings
4. A Tradition of Dissent
The Internal Conflict over Zionism, 1937–67
Victory and Occupation, 1967–87
Jewish Responses to the First Palestinian Uprising, 1987–93
Oslo, the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and Beyond, 1993–99
5. Toward an Inclusive Liturgy of Destruction
Bitburg and the Messianic
Thinking the Unthinkable
Envisioning a Common History
The Revenge Must Stop
6. Liberation Struggles and the Jewish Community
Liberation Theologies from Around the World
A Palestinian Theology of Liberation
Four Elements of a Jewish Response
7. From Holocaust to Solidarity
The Challenges of a New Theology
Practicing Justice and Compassion in a Post-Holocaust/Post-September 11th World
Is Peace Possible in the Middle East in the 21st Century?
Epilogue: The Coming of Constantinian and Evangelical Judaism
Notes
Index
What People are Saying About This
Marc Ellis's Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation is a seminal work. It is not only a brilliant piece of Jewish dissident writing but a moral, impassioned call for reflection and justice that should be read by Jews and non-Jews alike. There is no doubt this book will become the standard among scholars for decades to come.
Ellis's narrative belongs alongside those theological narratives that ought to be discussed. This is a vigorous and important work, passionate for justice, rooted in a strong love for his people, and with a deep sensitivity to other human communities.
Ellis expands the dialogue to all people concerned with the essential testimony of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures -- the holistic liberation of the poor.
This fascinating book gives a solid foundation to the development of a Jewish theology of liberation. With its themes of Holocaust empowerment, survival and ethics, exile and renewal there is a challenge to the reader to explore one's faith and community in the light of the mandate to faithfulness.
This brave and important book...deserves to be read widely by Christians and Jews alike.
Ellis masterfully uses the central, Jewish story of Exodus and Sinai to call for a contemporary Jewish (and Christian) theology of liberation. He argues against current political policies based on Jewish vulnerability, with the Holocaust as the chief lens, and issues a prophetic call for contemporary Jews to return to the liberation theology embedded in the Exodus, seeking justice for all. In the Israeli-Palestinian context, that requires both sides to "embrace revolutionary forgiveness" as they find ways to come to less-than-ideal but tolerable resolutions of their conflicts, and it requires Americans living in a post-9/11 world to reevaluate their understanding of Muslims and Islam. Whether you agree with Ellis' conclusions or not, you cannot help but be stimulated by his serious and meaningful use of this central Jewish story to understand and respond creatively to some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Marc Ellis has written a book for people who want to think. Challenging our conventional ideas, he forces us to reconsider our assumptions regarding Jewish identity and politics. What emerges is a fascinating and original reconfiguration of some of the most hotly debated political and religious topics today.
Marc Ellis's Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation is a seminal work. It is not only a brilliant piece of Jewish dissident writing but a moral, impassioned call for reflection and justice that should be read by Jews and non-Jews alike. There is no doubt this book will become the standard among scholars for decades to come.
Marc Ellis' Jewish Theology of Liberation has already become something of a classic. It is wonderful to have this book in a new and expanded version that covers Marc Ellis' life and prophetic thought up to the present.
This book has assuaged my pain to considerable extent, because it shows, as it has since the first edition, that the voice of prophecy has not been silenced in the Jewish community. We will all be the poorer if that voice is not heeded, but how wonderfully enriched if it is.