Tenebrae Holy Week after the Holocaust |
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| Author:
| Sanders, Theresa |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57075-685-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2006 |
| Publisher: | Orbis Books
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.00 |
Book Description:
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"What could Ash Wednesday mean after Auschwitz?" Tenebrae (Latin: "darkness"), a prayer service between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorates the time Jesus spent in the tomb. It is a fitting and potent symbol for the moral darkness of the Holocaust, when the lives of six million Jews were snuffed out--many of them within earshot of Christian churches. After sixty years, the question remains: What responsibility do Christians still bear to rethink their symbols and theologies in...
More Description"What could Ash Wednesday mean after Auschwitz?" Tenebrae (Latin: "darkness"), a prayer service between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorates the time Jesus spent in the tomb. It is a fitting and potent symbol for the moral darkness of the Holocaust, when the lives of six million Jews were snuffed out--many of them within earshot of Christian churches. After sixty years, the question remains: What responsibility do Christians still bear to rethink their symbols and theologies in light of this horror? In