LEADER 03808ctm a2200397Ia 4500001 149591 005 20240621210859.0 008 090311s2004 xx b 000 0 eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn588966986 035 149591 049 LHMA 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 090 BX4705.M545 |bT56 2004 100 1 Thompson, Janice Allison. 245 10 Theodicy in a political key : |bGod and suffering in the post-Shoah theology of Johann Baptist Metz / |cby Janice Allison Thompson. 264 0 |c2004. 300 vii, 259 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2004. 500 "December 2004." 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-259). 520 Johann Baptist Metz addresses the situation "after Auschwitz" in terms of the theodicy question, transposed into a political key. But the connection Metz makes between responding to Auschwitz and focusing on the theodicy question is not an obvious connection, especially when many thinkers reject the possibility of theodicy after Auschwitz altogether. The purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate Metz's transposition of the theodicy question into a political key (Metz's "political theodicy") and the way this theodicy organizes his political theology. Chapter 1 sketches the framework of the theodicy debate. First it surveys the classical theodicy of Augustine and in the different trajectories of Augustine's legacy. Then it examines the shift to modern theodicy in the German Enlightenment, as it was developed by Leibniz and by thinkers like Kant, Hegel, and Marx. Finally, it identifies the particular problems of post-Shoah theodicy. Chapter 2 provides an introduction to Metz's theology by examining the way his search for a better approach to history led him to begin to shift his theological framework towards a new political theology. Chapter 3 presents Metz's engagement with the theodicy question and the history of the Shoah. Although Metz first engaged the theodicy debate in discussion with Ernst Bloch, Metz's own unique approach to theodicy was catalyzed by his work drafting the document "Our Hope" for the West German Synod of Bishops. This chapter identifies "Our Hope" as the root of Metz's transposition of theodicy from its framework as an abstract argument about meaning into a mystical and political framework as the response of the "meaning community." This transposition shapes Metz's focus on the church, on theological anthropology, and on his understanding of God and time. Chapter 4 evaluates Metz's focus on Auschwitz in light of three theologies focused on different paradigms of suffering, namely the theologies of Gustavo Gutiérrez, M. Shawn Copeland, and Jan-Heiner Tück. It finds weaknesses in Metz's theology and suggests ways these could be addressed. The chapter concludes, nevertheless, that Metz's focus on theodicy after Auschwitz is a distinctive and valuable contribution to theology today. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services. |e22 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Metz, Johann Baptist, |d1928-2019. 650 0 Theodicy |xHistory of doctrines |y20th century. 650 0 Holocaust (Christian theology) 856 41 |uhttp://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=828450571&sid=81&Fmt=6&clientId=54617&RQT=309&VName=PQD |zElectronic version from ProQuest 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib149591/3154006.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 852 0 |bstacks |hBX4705.M545 |iT56 2004 852 |bwww 852 0 |bebook