Auschwitz, beginning of a new era? : Reflections on the Holocaust : papers given at the International Symposium on the Holocaust, held at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City, June 3 to 6, 1974 / edited by Eva Fleischner. [print]

Includes bibliographical references.

Theological reflections on the Holocaust -- Cloud of smoke, pillar of fire : Judaism, Christianity, and modernity after the Holocaust / Irving Greenberg -- Response to Irving Greenberg / Alan T. Davies -- The heart of the world / Alfred Kazin -- The history of Christian theology and the demonization of the Jews -- Anti-Semitism and Christian theology / Rosemary Radford Ruether -- Response to Rosemary Ruether / Walter Burghardt -- Response to Rosemary Ruether / Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi -- Christian mission in crisis -- Rethinking the church's mission after Auschwitz / Gregory Baum -- Response to Gregory Baum / Johannes C. Hoekendijk -- Reflections from a Lutheran perspective / Aarne Siirala -- Judaism and Christian education -- Judaism in Christian education and liturgy / John T. Pawlikowski -- Response to John Pawlikowski / Claire Huchet-Bishop -- Response to John Pawlikowski / Thomas Hopko -- Theological reflections on the state of Israel in the light of the Yom Kippur War -- The Holocaust and the state of Israel : their relation / Emil Fackenheim -- Response to Emil Fackenheim / Seymour Siegel -- Response to Emil Fackenheim / Eva Fleischner -- Radical theology, the New Left, and Israel -- Radical theology, the New Left, and Israel / Shlomo Avineri -- Response to Shlomo Avineri / Paul Jacobs -- Response to Shlomo Avineri / Milton Himmelfarb -- The new romanticism and biblical faith -- The new romanticism and biblical faith / Michael D. Ryan -- The choice : romanticism or true Messianism? / Arthur I. Waskow -- Romantic consciousness and biblical faith / Edith Wyschogrod -- Auschwitz and the pathology of Jew-hatred -- Auschwitz and the pathology of Jew-hatred / Lionel Rubinoff -- Blacks and Jews : affinity and confrontation on common theological themes -- Affinity and confrontation / Charles H. Long -- Conscience and politics / Paul Ritterband -- Response to Charles Long / Charles E. Silberman -- Art and culture after the Holocaust -- Art and culture after the Holocaust / Elie Wiesel -- A statement / Gabriel Habib.

This symposium represents a joint effort by Jews and Christians to confront the Holocaust and the questions it raises concerning the concept of the biblical God and of faith in Him.