Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation: The Challenge of the 21st Century

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Summary: A powerful and transcendent work of Judaic philosophy
Review: Now in an updated and expanded third edition, Toward A Jewish Theology Of Liberation is a clarion call to reconsider commonly held assumptions regarding Jewish identity and politics. Knowledgably written by Susannah Heschel (a professor of American and Jewish studies), Toward A Jewish Theology Of Liberation is as timely in the post-September 11th world as it was when it was first published in 1987. Susannah Herschel stresses the connection between the Holocaust and contemporary oppressed communities from the Third World, exhorting that Jews and Christians cannot allow anti-Semitism to become an excuse to deny solidarity with oppressed peoples of any race or faith - whether African, Asian, Latin American, or Palestinian. Also groundbreaking in its call to unite against Jews and Christians against idolatry - represented today by obsessions for personal affluence, national security, and ethnic survival - Toward A Jewish Theology Of Liberation is a powerful and transcendent work of Judaic philosophy and contemporary theology.