Melissa Raphael

The Female Face of God in Auschwitz (eBook, ePUB)

A Jewish Feminist Theology of the Holocaust

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Female Face of God in Auschwitz, the first full-length feminist theology of the Holocaust, argues that the masculinist bias of post-Holocaust theology becomes fully apparent only when considered in the light of both women's perceptions of God and of their holocaustal experiencesand priorities. Building upon published testimonies of four women imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau--Olga Lengyel, Lucie Adelsberger, Bertha Ferderber-Salz, and Sara Nomberg-Przytyk--it considers women's distinct experiences of the holy in relation to God's perceived presence and absence in the camps. Engaging with Berkovits, Fackenheim, Levinas and other post-Holocaust Jewish thinkers, The Female Face of God in Auschwitz is a radical and subtle meditation upon God's role and meaning. Questioning the true nature of the Jewish God present in Auschwitz, and arguing for God's participation in its extremities of suffering and grace, it powerfully resists defamatory interpretations of the Holocaust as evidence of divine vengeance, indifference or neglect.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134561711
• Artikelnr.: 47887003

Autorenporträt

Melissa Raphael is Principal Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at The University of Gloucestershire. She is the author of Introducing Thealogy: Discourse on the Goddess (1999), Rudolf Otto and the Concept of Holiness (1997) and Thealogy and Embodiment (1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Reading Post-Holocaust Theology from a Feminist Perspective
2. The Hiding of God's Face in Auschwitz 3. Feminist Intimations of the
Holy in Auschwitz 4. Face to Face (with God) in Auschwitz 5. A Mother/God
in Auschwitz 6. The Redemption of God in Auschwitz 7. The Princess and the
City of Death: A Feminist Maaseh, after Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. Notes.
Select Glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish Terms