Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation
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Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation

Foreword by Desmond Tutu and Gustavo Gutierrez

  1. 253 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation

Foreword by Desmond Tutu and Gustavo Gutierrez

About this book

Turmoil still grips the Middle East and fear now paralyzes post-9/11 America. The comforts and challenges of this book are thus as timely as when first published in 1987. With new reflections on the future of Judaism and Israel, Ellis underscores the enduring problem of justice. Ellis' use of liberation theology to make connections between the Holocaust and contemporary communities from the Third World reminds both Jews and oppressed Christians that they share common ground in the experiences of abandonment, suffering, and death. The connections also reveal that Jews and Christians share a common cause in the battle against idolatry--represented now by obsessions for personal affluence, national security, and ethnic survival. According to Ellis, Jews and Christians must never allow the reality of anti-Semitism to become an excuse for evading solidarity with the oppressed peoples--be they African, Asian, Latin American or, especially, Palestinian.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title page, title page, copyright, blurbs, dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. A Shattered Witness
  7. 2. The Cost of Empowerment
  8. 3. Memory as Burden and Possibility
  9. 4. A Tradition of Dissent
  10. 5. Toward an Inclusive Liturgy of Destruction
  11. 6. Liberation Struggles and the Jewish Community
  12. 7. From Holocaust to Solidarity
  13. Epilogue: The Coming of Constantinian and Evangelical Judaism
  14. Notes
  15. Index