Language:
Polish
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Studia Judaica (Kraków)
Angaben zur Quelle:
7,1 (2004) 95-110
Keywords:
Antisemitism History
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism
Abstract:
Discusses anti-Judaism and antisemitism, which are seen by some scholars as two unconnected phenomena. Many Christian scholars claim that anti-Judaism is not racist, and therefore is different from and does not influence antisemitism. Rejects this view, noting that the history of Church teaching is much more than the history of synods and the contents of various Church documents. Argues that the teaching of contempt existed throughout the history of the Church and that, in practice, anti-Judaism and antisemitism cannot be separated. Disproves the myth that the Church was never racist, noting the "limpieza de sangre" phenomenon in medieval Spain. In interwar Poland, the Catholic Church was not actually racist, but there were those who theorized about a special Jewish "psyche" or "national character" which cannot be changed, and such thinking is a form of racism. Concludes that Nazi racism would not have arisen without the centuries of Christian anti-Judaism.
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