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Turmoil still grips the Middle East and fear now paralyzes post-9/11 America. The comforts and challenges of this book thus remain as relevant as when first published in 1987. But with the addition of further reflections on the future of Judaism and Israel written during the 1990s, Ellis has surely shown that the ideas he advocates still address a fundamental problem of justice. Ellis's deft use of liberation theology to make connections between the Holocaust and contemporary communities from the Third World reminds both Jews and oppressed Christians that they share common ground in the experiences of abandonment, suffering, and death. The connections reveal that Jews and Christians also share a common cause in the battle against idolatry, represented now by affluence, national security, and survival no matter the costs. But Ellis, prophetically, further points to a shared ethical challenge: the reality of anti-Semitism should never become an excuse to evade solidarity with the oppressed peoples - e.g., African, Asian, and Latin Americans and especially Palestinian. Indeed, Ellis boldly suggests that for Jews to be truly Jewish they must embrace the pain and suffering of the Palestinians.

ISBN: 9781932792003
Classification: Judaism
Format: Hardback (229mm x 152mm x 24mm)
Pages: 250
Publish Date: 31-Aug-2004
Country of Publication: United States

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Author Biography: Marc H. Ellis
Marc H. Ellis is University Professor of American and Jewish Studies and director of the Center for American and Jewish Studies, Baylor University Ellis has authored fifteen books and edited five others, including, most recently, A Year at the Catholic Worker: A Spiritual Journey among the Poor and Revolutionary Forgiveness: Essays on Judaism, Christianity, and the Future of Religious Life.

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Unholy Alliance
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Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation, Hardback (August 2004)
Towards a Jewish Theology of Liberation
Towards a Jewish Theology of Liberation, Paperback (January 2003)
Israel and Palestine - Out of the Ashes
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Israel and Palestine - Out of the Ashes, Paperback (October 2002)
Year at the Catholic Worker
Year at the Catholic Worker, Paperback (January 2000)
O, Jerusalem!
O, Jerusalem!, Paperback (July 1999)
Revolutionary Forgiveness
Revolutionary Forgiveness, Hardback (October 1998)
Unholy Alliance
Unholy Alliance, Paperback (April 1997)
Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation
Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation, Paperback (December 1996)
Ending Auschwitz
Ending Auschwitz, Paperback (February 1994)
Beyond Innocence and Redemption
Beyond Innocence and Redemption, Hardback (July 1992)
Expanding the View
Expanding the View, Paperback (September 1990)
Future of Liberation Theology
Future of Liberation Theology, Hardback (June 1989)
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