God and humanity in Auschwitz: Jewish-Christian relations and sanctioned murder.

Examines how the Holocaust was the outcome of a long history of anti-Semitism in Europe. Examines the responses of Christian theologians to the Holocaust and Jewish theological response concerning questions of God's covenant with Israel that had been provoked by Auschwitz, and asks whether and how the power of prejudice can be dissipated. Dietrich also examines individuals and institutions that responded to Judaism and the Jewish people with genocide, and asks whether ambivalence is as horrific as violent aggression. Finally, he examines scripture and its contexts, developments in Christology, Christian identity, pluralism within a single covenant, social dynamics of a normal society, and the development of pro-social values