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- Title
ASH WEDNESDAY AFTER AUSCHWITZ.
- Authors
Sanders, Theresa M.
- Abstract
What can Ash Wednesday mean after Auschwitz? This essay shows how the Catholic Ash Wednesday liturgy can be illuminated by Job's last speech, wherein we learn that we are creatures who stand before a world we do not understand, that we must take responsibility for our actions even when God does not seem so inclined, and that meaningful repentance can happen only in the presence of those we have wronged. The essay concludes with a consideration of how the meaning of death changed with the twentieth century's capacity for inflicting mass annihilation.
- Subjects
ASH Wednesday; LENT; ANNIHILATIONISM (Christianity); DEATH; CHRISTIANITY; RELIGIONS
- Publication
Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 2004, Vol 41, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
0022-0558
- Publication type
Article