Richard L. Rubenstein (born 1924) is an educator in religion and a major writer in the American Jewish community, noted particularly for his contributions to Holocaust theology. In the mid-60's, he was considered one of the founders of the 'God is Dead Theology.' He wrote in the Preface to this 1966 book, "A religious community has some semblance to a living organism. It is impossible savagely to rip out half of its substance without drastically affecting the surviving remnant. The first reaction to such a wounding must be shock and numbness. I do not believe the period of shock has entirely spent itself. It is only now that a tentative attempt can be made to assess the religious meaning of the events. This book represents one such attempt." Here are some additional quotations from the book: "Although Jewish history is replete with disaster, none has been so radical in its total import as the holocaust. Our images of God, man, and the moral order have been permanently impaired. No Jewish theology will possess even a remote degree of relevance to contemporary Jewish life if it ignores the question of God and the death camps." (Pg. x) "When I wrote this paper, I saw Israel's rebirth as 'the beginning of redemption.' I no longer so regard it." (Pg. 130) "I do not believe that a Divine-human encounter took place at Sinai nor do I believe that the norms of Jewish religious life possess any superordinate validation." (Pg. 145) "How can Jews believe in an omnipotent, beneficient God after Auschwitz?" (Pg. 153) "The revelation of the death camps caused me to reject the whole optimistic theology of liberal religion... The death camps spelled the end of my optimism concerning the human condition." (Pg. 216)

After Auschwitz: Radical Theology and Contemporary Judaism

History

Rubenstein, Richard L.

Europe

Macmillan Pub. Co.

Richard Rubenstein writes of the holocaust, why it happened, why it happened when it did, and why it may happen again and again.

The cunning of history: Mass death and the American future

World

Harper Colophon

My brother Paul

Harper&Row

After Auschwitz

Power struggle

Scribner

Jihad and Genocide (Volume 1) (Studies in Genocide: Religion, History, and Human Rights, 1)

This book examines the relationship between jihad and genocide, past and present. Richard L. Rubenstein takes a close look at the violent interpretations of jihad and how they have played out in the past hundred years, from the Armenian genocide through current threats to Israel. Rubenstein's unflinching study of the potential for fundamentalist jihad to initiate targeted violence raises pressing questions in a time when questions of religious co-existence, particularly in the Middle East, are discussed urgently each day.

Americas

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

This book examines the relationship between jihad and genocide, past and present. Richard L. Rubenstein, a respected scholar in the field of genocide studies, takes a close look at the violent interpretations of jihad and how they have played out in the past hundred years, from the Armenian genocide through current threats to Israel. Rubenstein's unflinching study of the potential for fundamentalist jihad to initiate targeted violence raises pressing questions in a time when questions of religious co-existence, particularly in the Middle East, are discussed urgently each day.

Middle East

After Auschwitz: History, Theology, and Contemporary Judaism (Johns Hopkins Jewish Studies)

In this revised and expanded edition, Richard Rubenstein returns to old questions and addresses new issues with the same passion and spirit that characterized his original work.

Johns Hopkins University Press

Approaches to Auschwitz: The Holocaust and Its Legacy

Analyzes the history of Judaism and anti-Semitism, discusses Christian attitudes towards the Jews

Roth, John K.

Westminster John Knox Pr

Controversial rabbi and theologian Richard L. Rubenstein argues here that the psychological mechanisms of powerlessness inherent in Jewish theology have, in light of the Nazi holocaust, made the traditional body of JEwish legend and belief obsolete. In so doing, Rubenstein combines a Freudian psychoanalytic framework with a study of the oral tradition of rabbis, or Aggadah, the single most important repository of the Judaic unconscious.

The Religious Imagination: A Study in Psychoanalysis And Jewish Theology

Beacon Press

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Books by Rubenstein, Richard L.

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After Auschwitz: Radical Theology and Contemporary Judaism

The cunning of history: Mass death and the American future

My brother Paul

After Auschwitz

Power struggle

Jihad and Genocide (Volume 1) (Studies in Genocide: Religion, History, and Human Rights, 1)

Jihad and Genocide (Volume 1) (Studies in Genocide: Religion, History, and Human Rights, 1)

After Auschwitz: History, Theology, and Contemporary Judaism (Johns Hopkins Jewish Studies)

Approaches to Auschwitz: The Holocaust and Its Legacy

The Religious Imagination: A Study in Psychoanalysis And Jewish Theology