Language:
English
Year of publication:
1988
Titel der Quelle:
Emory Studies on the Holocaust
Angaben zur Quelle:
II (1988) 141-162
Keywords:
Christianity and other religions Judaism
;
Christianity and antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Argues that the differences between the Jewish and Christian stories preclude the possibility of a common "Judeo-Christian tradition". The term blinds Christians to theological differences and expresses the Christian tendency to assimilate the Jewish story, believing that Christianity displaced Judaism. Church-inflicted atrocities have proven to Jews that Christianity misinterpreted their story. The Holocaust represents a further rupture, since Christian anti-Judaism partially paved the way for secularized Nazi antisemitism. Supersessionism meant that Jews were theologically obsolete, and the Nazis attempted to render them historically obsolete. Summarizes the works of Arthur Cohen, Michael Goldberg, and Susan Shapiro - Jewish thinkers who oppose a Judeo-Christian fusion while supporting dialogue and cooperation between the two religions.
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