Les églises, les religions et la shoah
Par : Dray-Bensousan Renee
Collection : Histoire hors collection
Editeur : Editions Du Cerf
Numéro de produit : 9782204120968
ISBN : 9782204120968
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Cet ouvrage rassemble un ensemble d'études et de réflexions sur les choix difficiles et les dilemmes que les responsables et les membres des différentes confessions chrétiennes et religions ont dû affronter face à la Shoah. Il n'est pas possible d'en parler sans nuance. On le sait, deux versants, ombre et lumière, sont au rendez-vous. Dans cette perspective, quelle fut la position de l'Église catholique lors de cette sombre période ? Qu'a-t-elle su ? Qu'a-t-elle dit ? Qu'a-t-elle fait ? Pourquoi le pape n'alla-t-il jamais au-delà des appels généraux à la paix et des regrets concernant les ruines et les luttes causées par la guerre ? Dans le même temps, il faut souligner les réalités de la foi dans les camps et les actions de sauvetage, telles que l'illustrent par exemple les destins particuliers de deux Résistants : Kurt Gerstein et le père Jacques de Jésus. L'ouvrage transmet également le témoignage d'écrivains et d'anonymes dont la foi la plus profonde fut mise à l'épreuve au cours de ces temps obscurs (Elie Wiesel, Georges Perec, Edmond Jabès, Primo Levi) et fait écho aux œuvres d'André Neher, d'Emil Fackenheim, de Hans Jonas et d'Emmanuel Levinas.
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This book assembles a selection of studies and reflections on the difficult choices and dilemmas that those in charge of different Christian confessions and religions, and their members, had to endure during the Holocaust. It is not possible to discuss this topic without nuancing one's dissertation. We know that two sides, light and darkness, are present. In that perspective, what was the position of the Catholic Church during those dark days? What did the Church authorities know? What did they say? What did they do? Why did the Pope not do more than make general pleas for peace and express his regret about the ruins and the struggles the war caused? But at the same time, we must stress the realities of faith in the camps and the saving acts, as illustrated, for example, by the unique destinies of two members of the Resistance: Kurt Gerstein and Father Jacques de Jésus. This book also brings us the testimony of writers and anonymous characters whose deep faith was put to the test during that period of obscurity (Elie Wiesel, Georges Perec, Edmond Jabès, Primo Levi) and is echoed in the works of André Neher, Emil Fackenheim, Hans Jonas and Emmanuel Levinas.
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This book assembles a selection of studies and reflections on the difficult choices and dilemmas that those in charge of different Christian confessions and religions, and their members, had to endure during the Holocaust. It is not possible to discuss this topic without nuancing one's dissertation. We know that two sides, light and darkness, are present. In that perspective, what was the position of the Catholic Church during those dark days? What did the Church authorities know? What did they say? What did they do? Why did the Pope not do more than make general pleas for peace and express his regret about the ruins and the struggles the war caused? But at the same time, we must stress the realities of faith in the camps and the saving acts, as illustrated, for example, by the unique destinies of two members of the Resistance: Kurt Gerstein and Father Jacques de Jésus. This book also brings us the testimony of writers and anonymous characters whose deep faith was put to the test during that period of obscurity (Elie Wiesel, Georges Perec, Edmond Jabès, Primo Levi) and is echoed in the works of André Neher, Emil Fackenheim, Hans Jonas and Emmanuel Levinas.
