From Enemy to Brother
Author | : John Connelly |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2012-03-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674064881 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674064887 |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Download or read book From Enemy to Brother written by John Connelly and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1965 the Second Vatican Council declared that God loves the Jews. Yet the Church had taught for centuries that Jews were cursed by God, and had mostly kept silent as Jews were slaughtered by Nazis. How did an institution whose wisdom is said to be unchanging undertake one of the largest, yet most undiscussed, ideological swings in modern history?