Article from Dr Admirand on Post-Shoah Christology

Dr Peter Admirand has recently published an article in the journal Religions, exploring post-Shoah Christology. The title of the article is "The Future of Post-Shoah Christology: Three Challenges and Three Hopes". The article is open-access and can be read here, as part of the Special Issue: Christian Theologies of Jews and Judaism.

Here is the abstract:

Post-Shoah Christology is embedded in the unique relationship of Jews and Christians, especially Jesus¡¯ Jewishness and the Jewish roots of Christianity, as well as Christian moral failures towards Jews before and during the Shoah. Essential for contemporary Christianity, a vibrant post-Shoah Christology confronts three main challenges, each demanding a different response. The first challenge is the reality that soon there will be no more first-generation witnesses to the Final Solution. Such is an inevitable challenge that has to be faced and prepared for. Religious pluralism is the second challenge, and includes a number of related threads, yet should ultimately be embraced. The third challenge is the (inevitable?) loss of memory, passion, and urgency, a willful forgetfulness by Christians towards the importance of the Jewish¨CChristian relationship, and especially, Christian failure in the Shoah. This challenge demands robust refutation and ongoing struggle. Before addressing these challenges, I will first further define and highlight the need for a post-Shoah Christology and will conclude this article with three general and three concrete hopes for a viable post-Shoah Christology.