1st Annual Holocaust Symposium

April 21, 2010

7:00pm

University of Saint Francis

North Campus Auditorium

Speakers

Dr. Elliot Bartky, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Sr. Marie Morgan, OSF - Scholarly expert on the spirituality of Edith Stein

Doris Fogel, Executive Director of the Fort Wayne Jewish Federation

Moderator: Dr. John P. Bequette, Assistant Professor of Theology at the University of Saint Francis

Links: 

Rabbi David Rosen, "Pope Benedict XVI and the Jews" (Jerusalem Post, March 30, 2009)

Address by Pope Benedict XVI at Auschwitz (May 2006)

"Pope Benedict XVI," Jewish Virtual Library

Emil Fackenheim, "Faith in God and Man After Auschwitz: Theological Implications"

Didier Pollefeyt, "Christology after Auschwitz: A Catholic Perspective" 

Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger, "The Fortieth Anniversary of Nostra Aetate"

Address by Pope John Paul II to the Jewish Community at Warsaw (June 1987)

 

God's Mercy Endures Forever: Guidelines on the Presentation of Jews and Judaism in Catholic Preaching (USCCB, 1988)

"A Papal Audience in Wartime," Palestine Post, April 28, 1944 (Historical Jewish Press, Tel Aviv University)

 

The Center for Theological Reflection on the Holocaust exists to promote knowledge, reflection and dialogue on the Holocaust from Jewish and Christian perspectives. In order to facilitate this, the Center will do the following:

 

·       Facilitate public lectures and symposia and invite participation from the surrounding community.

 

·      Make available resources for this reflection and ongoing dialogue, primarily through the Center’s website.

 

 

Director: John P. Bequette, Ph.D.

Associate Director: Elliot Bartky, Ph.D.