The Female Face of God in Auschwitz
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The Female Face of God in Auschwitz, the first full-length feminist theology of the Holocaust, argues that the masculinist bias of post-Holocaust theology becomes fully apparent only when considered in the light of both women's perceptions of God and of their holocaustal experiencesand priorities. Building upon published testimonies of four women imprisoned at Auschwitz-BirkenauOlga Lengyel, Lucie Adelsberger, Bertha Ferderber-Salz, and Sara Nomberg-Przytykit considers women's distinct experiences of the holy in relation to God's perceived presence and absence in the camps. Engaging with Berkovits, Fackenheim, Levinas and other post-Holocaust Jewish thinkers, The Female Face of God in Auschwitz is a radical and subtle meditation upon God's role and meaning. Questioning the true nature of the Jewish God present in Auschwitz, and arguing for God's participation in its extremities of suffering and grace, it powerfully resists defamatory interpretations of the Holocaust as evidence of divine vengeance,indifference or neglect.
Series editor's prefacePrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction11Reading post-Holocaust theology from a feminist perspective192The hiding of God's face in Auschwitz433Feminist intimations of the holy in Auschwitz594Face to face (with God) in Auschwitz865A mother/God in Auschwitz1076The redemption of God in Auschwitz128The princess and the city of death: a feminist maaseh, after Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav161Notes166Select glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms205Bibliography207Index221
