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RELS 232-02, Holocaust, Fall 1998
McKenzie, Steven L.
McKenzie, Steven L.
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This class will focus on the Nazi campaign to annihilate European Jewry between 1939
and 1945, and on the context, precedents and implications of this chapter in history. After
an introduction to the phenomenon of anti-Semitism, the first section of the class will
deal with historical questions: What happened? When? Where? Who was involved? The
second section will explore the Holocaust in human perspective: What can we ascertain
about the experiences and motivations of the victims, perpetrators, bystanders, resistors
and rescuers? The third section of the course will highlight religious roots of, and
religious responses to, the Holocaust. We will consider questions such as: Is Christianity
inherently anti-Jewish or anti-Semitic? What challenges does the Holocaust represent for
Jewish thought and faith? How does the Holocaust affect questions of forgiveness?
Finally, we will explore the phenomenon of Holocaust denial and the issue of the
Holocaust’s uniqueness.
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This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.