Making Memory
Jewish and Christian Explorations in Monument, Narrative, and Liturgy
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2014
James Clarke & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-227-17431-9 (ISBN)
James Clarke & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-227-17431-9 (ISBN)
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A wide-ranging theological discussion of the construction of historical memory and the practice of commemoration in the aftermath of conflict and tragedy.
The twentieth century has been called a "century of horror". Proof of that, designation can be found in the vast and ever-increasing volume of scholarly work on violence, trauma, memory, and history across diverse academic disciplines. This book demonstrates not only the ways in which the wars of the twentieth century have altered theological engagement and religious practice, but also the degree to which religious ways of thinking have shaped the way we construct historical narratives. Drawing on diverse sources - from the Hebrew Bible to Commonwealth war graves, from Greek tragedy to post-Holocaust theology - Alana M. Vincent probes the intersections between past and present, memory and identity, religion and nationality. The result is a book that defies categorization and offers no easy answers, but instead pursues an agenda of theological realism, holding out continued hope for the restoration of the world.
The twentieth century has been called a "century of horror". Proof of that, designation can be found in the vast and ever-increasing volume of scholarly work on violence, trauma, memory, and history across diverse academic disciplines. This book demonstrates not only the ways in which the wars of the twentieth century have altered theological engagement and religious practice, but also the degree to which religious ways of thinking have shaped the way we construct historical narratives. Drawing on diverse sources - from the Hebrew Bible to Commonwealth war graves, from Greek tragedy to post-Holocaust theology - Alana M. Vincent probes the intersections between past and present, memory and identity, religion and nationality. The result is a book that defies categorization and offers no easy answers, but instead pursues an agenda of theological realism, holding out continued hope for the restoration of the world.
Alanca M. Vincent is Lecturer in Jewish Studies and Academic Advisor to Partnerships at the University of Chester.
List of Illustrations
Foreword by David Jasper
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Prelude
Part One: Remembering to Forget
1 Remembering Amalek
2 Antigone and Athenian War-dead: Body and Identity in the Greek tradition
Part Two: Mourning the Absent
Introduction
3 Anne of Green Gables and the Transformation of Public Mourning
4 Making Memory Solid: Jane Urquhart and The Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Interlude
Part Three: Absent Mourners
5 Worship in the Ruins
6 Outside the Sanctuary
Coda
Bibliography
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 153 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 314 g |
Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Gebete / Lieder / Meditationen |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
ISBN-10 | 0-227-17431-3 / 0227174313 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-227-17431-9 / 9780227174319 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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