Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation

Marc H. Ellis was appointed to the J.M. Dawson Institute of Chruch 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.

• Foreword by Desmond Tutu and Gustavo GutierrezIntroduction1. A Shattered WitnessThe Witness of Elie WieselA Broken CovenantThe Commanding Voice of AuschwitzMoment FaithsThe Holocaust as a Universal Crisis2. The Cost of EmpowermentThe Third Era of Jewish HistoryThe New Anti-SemitismJews Without Mercy3. Memory as Burden and PossibilityHolocaust as BurdenDissenters in ZionProphetic Warnings4. A Tradition of DissentThe Internal Conflict over Zionism, 1937-67Victory and Occupation, 1967-87Jewish Responses to the First Palestinian Uprising, 1987-93Oslo, the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and Beyond, 1993-995. Toward an Inclusive Liturgy of DestructionBitburg and the MessianicThinking the UnthinkableEnvisioning a Common HistoryThe Revenge Must Stop6. Liberation Struggles and the Jewish CommunityLiberation Theologies from Around the WorldA Palestinian Theology of LiberationFour Elements of a Jewish Response7. From Holocaust to SolidarityThe Challenges of a New TheologyPracticing Justice and Compassion in a Post-Holocaust/Post-September 11th WorldIs Peace Possible in the Middle East in the 21st Century?Epilogue: The Coming of Constantinian and Evangelical JudaismNotesIndex