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RELS 232-01, Social Issues: Holocaust, Fall, 2007
Haynes, Stephen R.
Haynes, Stephen R.
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Abstract
The focus of this class is the Nazi “Final Solution of the Jewish Question,” a campaign to
annihilate European Jewry, and the context, precedents and implications of this chapter in
modern history. After an introduction to the phenomenon of anti-Semitism, we will deal
with historical questions: What happened? When? Where? Who was involved? We will
then explore the Holocaust in human perspective: What can we ascertain about the
experiences and motivations of victims, perpetrators, bystanders, resistors, and rescuers?
Next, we will investigate religious roots of, and religious responses to the Holocaust,
considering questions such as: Is Christianity inherently anti-Jewish or anti-Semitic? and
What challenges does the Holocaust represent for Jewish thought and faith? Finally, we
will explore the phenomenon of Holocaust denial and relate what we have learned to
other genocides.
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This syllabus was submitted to the Office of the Academic dean by the course instructor.