Hope against Hope
Subtitle: Johann Baptist Metz and Elie Wiesel Speak Out on the Holocaust (Stimulus Books)
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780809138463
Subjects: Christian social thought & activity; Judaism - History; Holocaust (Religious Aspects); Christianity; Judaism - Theology; Religion; Baptist Churches; Inspirational - General; Religion - World Religions; Holocaust (Christian theology); Metz, Johannes Baptist,; History; Christianity - Theology - Catholic; Christian Theology - Catholic; Comparative Religion; Hope; Interviews; Inspirational; Judaism; 1928-; Religious aspects
First sentence: Johann Baptist Metz was born on August 5 1928, in the small town of Auerbach in the upper Palatinate-these seemingly banal biographical facts already bring us close to the core of Metz's theological life, his way of perceiving and thinking, of witnessing to his faith, of arguing and provoking.
Description: There are probably no two men of such stature who can speak to the Holocaust as Christian theologian Johann Baptist Metz, author of A Passion for God and Jewish writer, Nobel laureate and human rights activist, Elie Wiesel, author of Night. One was drafted into the German army at the age of fifteen; the other was interned at Auschwitz. Both came from upbringings of deep faith, only to have their lives broken by the horrors they witnessed during the war.

Both share the sense that the Holocaust is a rift in history itself, after which nothing could ever be seen in the same way as before. Yet for both, there is hope..."nonetheless."