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11 Seeking the Fire in the Ashes: A Chasidic Accounting for Evil from the Midst of Evil after the Evil of Auschwitz
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Prologue: Flames in the Darkness xi
- PART ONE. THE BURDEN OF EVIL 1
- Introduction 3
- 1 Fire and Ashes The “Tempter-God,” Evil, and the Shoah 7
- 2 Jean Améry: Memories of Evil and Consequences for the Representation of Jewish Identity in Christian Theology 34
- 3 Judaism in Protestant Encounters with the Shoah 59
- 4 Locating God: Placing Ourselves in a Post-Shoah World 84
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PART TWO. SEARCHING TRADITIONS
- Introduction 109
- 5 “Like Pebbles on the Seashore” J. B. Soloveitchik on Suffering 113
- 6 “Good” Friday after Auschwitz? 137
- 7 If the Good Becomes the Evil: Antimonotheism in Germany after Reunification and the Problems of the Doctrine of Justification 160
- 8 Some Fundamental Doubts about Posing the Question of Theodicy in the Post-Holocaust World 189
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PART THREE. BEYOND THE RUINS?
- Introduction 215
- 9 Horror Vacui: God and Evil in /after Auschwitz 219
- 10 Deliver Us from Evil? Kuhn’s Prayer and the Masters of Death 243
- 11 Seeking the Fire in the Ashes: A Chasidic Accounting for Evil from the Midst of Evil after the Evil of Auschwitz 272
- Postscript: The Disturbance of the Witness 299
- Bibliography 307
- About the editors and contributors 329
- Index 335
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Prologue: Flames in the Darkness xi
- PART ONE. THE BURDEN OF EVIL 1
- Introduction 3
- 1 Fire and Ashes The “Tempter-God,” Evil, and the Shoah 7
- 2 Jean Améry: Memories of Evil and Consequences for the Representation of Jewish Identity in Christian Theology 34
- 3 Judaism in Protestant Encounters with the Shoah 59
- 4 Locating God: Placing Ourselves in a Post-Shoah World 84
-
PART TWO. SEARCHING TRADITIONS
- Introduction 109
- 5 “Like Pebbles on the Seashore” J. B. Soloveitchik on Suffering 113
- 6 “Good” Friday after Auschwitz? 137
- 7 If the Good Becomes the Evil: Antimonotheism in Germany after Reunification and the Problems of the Doctrine of Justification 160
- 8 Some Fundamental Doubts about Posing the Question of Theodicy in the Post-Holocaust World 189
-
PART THREE. BEYOND THE RUINS?
- Introduction 215
- 9 Horror Vacui: God and Evil in /after Auschwitz 219
- 10 Deliver Us from Evil? Kuhn’s Prayer and the Masters of Death 243
- 11 Seeking the Fire in the Ashes: A Chasidic Accounting for Evil from the Midst of Evil after the Evil of Auschwitz 272
- Postscript: The Disturbance of the Witness 299
- Bibliography 307
- About the editors and contributors 329
- Index 335