Revolutionary Forgiveness: Essays on Judaism, Christianity, and the Future of Religious Life - Hardcover

Ellis, Marc H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0918954754 ISBN 13: 9780918954756

Publisher: Baylor University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Revolutionary Forgiveness is a startling series of essays challenging the prevailing sensibilities of both Jews and Christians. In the call for accountability and commitment, Ellis asks whether the current boundaries that Jews and Christians claim continue to provide the foundations for faith and the embrace of the covenant.

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About the Author

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

Review

[Ellis provides a] vital contribution to solving one of the few remaining intractable problems of our time.

(Archbishop Desmond Tutu)

...one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of his generation.

(Richard Rubenstein)

Marc Ellis is a brilliant writer, a deeply thoughtful and courageous mind, an intellect who has broken the death-hold of mindless tradition and unreflective cliché to produce a superb account of post-Holocaust understanding.

(Edward Said)

Edition details

• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0918954754
• ISBN 13: 9780918954756
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 357