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Author:   George Faithful (Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Seton Hall University, Union City, NJ)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.90cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 16.30cm
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9780199363469

ISBN 10:   0199363463
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   29 May 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Caution to the Reader Acknowledgements Frequently Used German Words Introduction PART I: PROTESTANT GUILT Chapter 1: Guilt in Klara Schlink's Thought, 1920-1947 Chapter 2: Public Confessions of German National Guilt, 1945-1947 Chapter 3: Mother Basilea Schlink's Theology of Guilt PART II: THEY, THE PEOPLES Chapter 4: The German Volk Chapter 5: Schlink's Pseudo-Judaic, Germanic Vision of Nationhood PART III: REPENTING FOR OTHERS Chapter 6: Defining Repentance in Schlink's Theology Chapter 7: Schlink and the Sisters' Repentance as a Priestly and Monastic Service Chapter 8: The Place of Gender in Schlink and the Sisters' Repentance Chapter 9: The Creation of Sacred Space in Schlink and the Sisters' Repentance Afterword Appendix 1: The Barmen Declaration Appendix 2: The Stuttgart Confession Appendix 3: The Darmstadt Statement References Archival and Unpublished Primary Sources Published Primary Sources Secondary Sources

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A significant study of an unconventional group of women. In 1947, in war-torn Germany, these Protestants took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to do penance for Christian anti-Judaism and lived in strict monastic discipline to atone for German guilt for the Holocaust. Faithful's sympathetic analysis of Basilea Schlink's vision and community provides a startling counterpoint to prevailing narratives of post-war Germany's inability to mourn, repent, or admit the Holocaust. Katharina von Kellenback, author of The Mark of Cain: Guilt and Denial in the Lives of Nazi Perpetrators Telling the fascinating story of a German Protestant sisterhood who engaged in acts of repentance in Israel, George Faithful masterfully explores the group's mixture of German national theology and faith in the special historical mission of the Jews. This is a welcome book that sheds light on little known corners of German theology and Christian-Jewish relations. I highly recommend it. Yaakov Ariel, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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George Faithful studied at Wake Forest University, the Université de Nantes, and the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin before receiving his Ph.D. in historical theology from Saint Louis University.

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