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- Title
JACQUES MARITAIN, THE MYSTERY OF ISRAEL, AND THE HOLOCAUST.
- Authors
Crane, Richard Francis
- Abstract
French philosopher Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) gained a reputation both as a leading Catholic intellectual and as an outspoken critic of antisemitism, and as such has been lauded for more than fifty years as a progressive influence within twentieth-century Catholicism. He also has been cited as a dissident voice within the Church, his public statements about the Holocaust throwing the alleged silence of Pope Pius XII into sharp relief. Examining the development of Maritain's philosemitism, this article presents a more nuanced assessment, challenging historically rooted generalizations about his attitudes toward Jews in the modern world before, during, and after the Shoah.
- Subjects
FRANCE; MARITAIN, Jacques, 1882-1973; CHRISTIANITY &; antisemitism; HOLOCAUST, 1939-1945; WORLD War II -- Religious aspects; 20TH century Catholic Church history; FRENCH Catholics; PHILOSEMITISM; INTELLECTUAL life; CATHOLIC Church
- Publication
Catholic Historical Review, 2009, Vol 95, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
0008-8080
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/cat.0.0325