The Unnecessary Problem of Edith Stein

by Harry James Cargas, Judith Hershropf Banki, Suzanne Batzdorff, Rachel Feldhay Brenner, Eugene Fisher

Overview

Edith Stein's murder at Auschwitz is a topic of intense controversy among members of the Jewish and Catholic faiths. Some observers, both Jews and Christians, insist that Stein was sent to the gas chambers because of her Jewish heritage and faith, and that it would be inappropriate to declare her a saint in the Christian religious tradition. Yet, others of both faiths find in Stein a healing symbol for our time of the atrocities committed against Jews in Christian nations during World War II. In this volume, members of the Jewish and Christian religious traditions speak to this deeply divided debate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819187819
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	05/01/1997
Series:	Studies in the Shoah Series , #4
Pages:	118
Product dimensions:	6.44(w) x 9.26(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Harry James Cargas is Professor of Literature, Language, and Religion at Webster University, St. Louis. Among his 24 books are A Christian Response to the Holocaust, Conversations with Elie Wiesel, and Reflections of a Post-Auschwitz Christian.

Editorial Reviews

For those who seek a variety of views eloquently presented—not only on Edith Stein but on more general issues of the Holocaust—this book is quite possibly the best available. It sheds much light that is very much needed on the relation between Jews and the Church, both then and now.

National Catholic Reporter - David Patterson

For those who seek a variety of views eloquently presented--not only on Edith Stein but on more general issues of the Holocaust--this book is quite possibly the best available. It sheds much light that is very much needed on the relation between Jews and the Church, both then and now.--David Patterson, Oklahoma State University "National Catholic Reporter "

From the Publisher

For those who seek a variety of views eloquently presented—not only on Edith Stein but on more general issues of the Holocaust—this book is quite possibly the best available. It sheds much light that is very much needed on the relation between Jews and the Church, both then and now.
— David Patterson, Oklahoma State University

National Catholic Reporter