Antisemitism, Christian Ambivalence, and the Holocaust

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Название: Antisemitism, Christian Ambivalence, and the Holocaust

Автор: Kevin P. Spicer

Издательство: Indiana University Press

Год: 2007

Количество страниц: 329

Язык: English

Формат: pdf

Размер: 3.3 Mb

In recent years, the mask of tolerant, secular, multicultural Europe has been shattered by new forms of antisemitic crime. Though many of the perpetrators do not profess Christianity, antisemitism has flourished in Christian Europe. In this book, thirteen scholars of European history, Jewish studies, and Christian theology examine antisemitism's insidious role in Europe's intellectual and political life. The essays reveal that annihilative antisemitic thought was not limited to Germany, but could be found in the theology and liturgical practice of most of Europe's Christian churches. They dismantle the claim of a distinction between Christian anti-Judaism and neo-pagan antisemitism and show that, at the heart of Christianity, hatred for Jews overwhelmingly formed the milieu of 20th-century Europe.