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Revolutionary Forgiveness is a startling series of essays challenging the prevailing sensibilities of both Jews and Christians. In the call for accountability and commitment, Ellis asks whether the current boundaries that Jews and Christians claim continue to provide the foundations for faith and the embrace of the covenant.

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Author:   Marc H. Ellis
Publisher:   Baylor University Press
Imprint:   Baylor University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9781602583412

ISBN 10:   1602583412
Pages:   357
Publication Date:   30 November 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Foreword Preface Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION PART I. A JEW AMONG CHRISTIANS 1. On the Letters of Thomas Merton and Resmary Ruether 2. Meeting Daniel Berrigan 3. Living with Dorothy Day and the Poor 4. Among the Jesuits 5. An Invitation from the Maryknoll Missionaries 6. Encountering Liberation Theology and Martyrdom 7. In the Mission Fields of Latin America 8. Travels to Africa and Asia 9. Honoring Gustavo Gutierrez PART II. ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 10. On the future of Judaism and Zionism: A Meditation for Those Who Come After the Holocaust and Israel 11. On the Future of Christianity: Reflections on the Burden of Victory and the Dissolution of Empire 12. Spirituality and Politics in the New Diaspora 13. Speaking of god and the Covenant in the Twenty-First Century PART III. THE FUTURE OF ECUMENICAL RELIGIOSITY 14. Thinking and Writing the Holocaust in an Age of Jewish Empowerment 15. Edward Said and the Future of the Jewish People 16. Dorothy Day, the Jews, and the Future of Ecumenical Religiosity 17. Questioning Conversion: Gillian Rose, George Steiner, and Chrisitanity 18. """"Other Teachers, Other Paths"""": Martin Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and the Future of Jewish Life 19. On Revolutionary Forgiveness: Practicing the Covenant in a Time of Colonization and Evangelization 20. Toward a Pophetic Memory of the Holocaust: A Meditation on We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah 21. On Worship and Proclamation: Piecing Together a Jewish Life after the Holocaust EPILOGUE: I Am/Not a Rabbi! A Meditation on Jewish Leadership in a Time of Crisis Notes Index"

Reviews

Marc Ellis is a brilliant writer, a deeply thoughtful and courageous mind, an intellect who has broken the death-hold of mindless tradition and unreflective cliche to produce a superb account of post-Holocaust understanding. --Edward Said [Ellis provides a] vital contribution to solving one of the few remaining intractable problems of our time. --Archbishop Desmond Tutu .. .one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of his generation. --Richard Rubenstein

".."".one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of his generation.""--Richard Rubenstein ""[Ellis provides a] vital contribution to solving one of the few remaining intractable problems of our time.""--Archbishop Desmond Tutu ""Marc Ellis is a brilliant writer, a deeply thoughtful and courageous mind, an intellect who has broken the death-hold of mindless tradition and unreflective cliche to produce a superb account of post-Holocaust understanding.""--Edward Said"""

.. .one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of his generation. --Richard Rubenstein

Author Information

Marc H. Ellis was appointed to the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church State Studies at Baylor University in 1998, and was designated in 1999 as both University Professor of American and Jewish Studies and Director of the Center for American and Jewish Studies. He holds an M.A. in American Studies from Florida State University and a Ph.D. in Contemporary Intellectual and Religious Studies from Marquette University. Dr. Ellis is distinguished for his specialization in the areas of Jewish, Christian, and Third World liberation theology, Holocaust and Post-Holocaust theology, and Twentieth-Century Jewish-Christian theology, thought, and dialogue.

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