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Jewish Identity in Modern Times : Leo Baeck and German Protestantism / Albert H. Friedlander, , Walter Homolka,.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [1995]Copyright date: 1995Description: 1 online resource (150 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781800735842
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.3/872
LOC classification:
  • BM755.B32
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword: Leo Baeck in Theresienstadt -- Introduction -- 1 Leo Baeck - Jewish Leader in a Christian Nation -- 2 The Jewish Fight for Equality -- 3 Christian Absolutism in the Crossfire of the Jewish Essence Debate -- 4 The Essence of Judaism -- 5 The Essence Debate and its Paradigmatic Significance for Jewish-Christian Relations -- 6 Judaism and Christianity between Division and Affinity -- 7 Identity between Two Poles - Leo Baeck's System of Polarity -- 8 Difference Creates Identity - Leo Baeck and Martin Luther's Thought -- 9 From Essence to Existence - Towards a Genuinely Jewish Theology -- 10 Identity and Dialogue - Conclusion on the Jewish-Christian Essence Debate -- Epilogue. Retrieving the Rationalistic Heritage: Leo Baeck and LiberalJewish Theology -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: There is no doubt about Baeck's contribution to Jewish theology in the twentieth century: it has been significant. Without ever departing completely from the ancient wellsprings of orthodoxy, he was a studious observer of the intellectual currents of his time and ambience; under theinfluence of liberal Jewish theology, he drew on and reworked those currents, weaving them into his own theological thought. A special aspect of Baeck's work is that he remained in critical confrontation with Christianity throughout his life, acting as a kind of builder of bridges between the two faiths." (From the Introduction.) It is on this aspect that the author focuses his study inwhich he examines Leo Baeck's critical evaluation of Martin Luther and Protestantism. At the same time Homolka shows how close the intellectual links between liberal Christian and liberal Jewish theology had become before the Holocaust: both sides attempted a new definition of the "essence" of their faiths and were searching for a new identity in an increasingly pluralistic and secular society.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword: Leo Baeck in Theresienstadt -- Introduction -- 1 Leo Baeck - Jewish Leader in a Christian Nation -- 2 The Jewish Fight for Equality -- 3 Christian Absolutism in the Crossfire of the Jewish Essence Debate -- 4 The Essence of Judaism -- 5 The Essence Debate and its Paradigmatic Significance for Jewish-Christian Relations -- 6 Judaism and Christianity between Division and Affinity -- 7 Identity between Two Poles - Leo Baeck's System of Polarity -- 8 Difference Creates Identity - Leo Baeck and Martin Luther's Thought -- 9 From Essence to Existence - Towards a Genuinely Jewish Theology -- 10 Identity and Dialogue - Conclusion on the Jewish-Christian Essence Debate -- Epilogue. Retrieving the Rationalistic Heritage: Leo Baeck and LiberalJewish Theology -- Bibliography -- Index

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There is no doubt about Baeck's contribution to Jewish theology in the twentieth century: it has been significant. Without ever departing completely from the ancient wellsprings of orthodoxy, he was a studious observer of the intellectual currents of his time and ambience; under theinfluence of liberal Jewish theology, he drew on and reworked those currents, weaving them into his own theological thought. A special aspect of Baeck's work is that he remained in critical confrontation with Christianity throughout his life, acting as a kind of builder of bridges between the two faiths." (From the Introduction.) It is on this aspect that the author focuses his study inwhich he examines Leo Baeck's critical evaluation of Martin Luther and Protestantism. At the same time Homolka shows how close the intellectual links between liberal Christian and liberal Jewish theology had become before the Holocaust: both sides attempted a new definition of the "essence" of their faiths and were searching for a new identity in an increasingly pluralistic and secular society.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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