{"product_id":"fire-in-the-ashes-david-patterson-9780295985473","title":"Fire in the Ashes: God, Evil, and the Holocaust","description":"\u003cp\u003eSixty years after it ended, the Holocaust continues to leave survivors and their descendants, as well as historians, philosophers, and theologians, pondering the enormity of that event. This book explores how inquiry about the Holocaust challenges understanding, especially its religious and ethical dimensions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDebates about God's relationship to evil are ancient, but the Holocaust complicated them in ways never before imagined. Its massive destruction left Jews and Christians searching among the ashes to determine what, if anything, could repair the damage done to tradition and to theology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the end of the Holocaust, Jews and Christians have increasingly sought to know how or even whether theological analysis and reflection can aid in comprehending its aftermath. Specifically, Jews and Christians, individually and collectively, find themselves more and more in the position of needing either to rethink theodicy -- typically understood as the vindication of divine justice in the face of evil -- or to abolish the concept altogether.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting in a format that creates the feel of dialogue, the contributors to \u003ci\u003eFire in the Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e confront these and other difficult questions about God and evil after the Holocaust. This book -- created out of shared concerns and a desire to investigate differences and disagreements between religious traditions and philosophical perspectives -- represents an effort to advance meaningful conversation between Jews and Christians and to encourage others to participate in similar inter- and intrafaith inquiries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003eFire in the Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e are members of the Pastora Goldner Holocaust Symposium. Led since its founding in 1996 by Leonard Grob and Henry F. Knight, the symposium's Holocaust and genocide scholars -- a group that is interfaith, international, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational -- meet biennially in Oxfordshire, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Patterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 029598547X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295985473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 7.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2006 pg. 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2006 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 27","brand":"David Patterson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064816218367,"sku":"9780295985473","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55d1278f-fa28-425d-8bbc-c4cc2fdf68b1.jpg?v=1768671220","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fire-in-the-ashes-david-patterson-9780295985473","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}