the search for God after the Holocaust
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Christian theological discourse
Jewish theological discourse
philosophical problem
post-Holocaust theology topic
theological problem
The search for God after the Holocaust is a theological and philosophical struggle to understand faith, divine justice, and the presence or absence of God in the face of the unprecedented evil and suffering of the Shoah.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Is belief in God still possible after Auschwitz? | 1 |
| the search for God after the Holocaust canonical | 1 |
| theology after Auschwitz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1243712 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the search for God after the Holocaust Context triple: [A Beggar in Jerusalem, hasTheme, the search for God after the Holocaust]
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A.
A History of God
A History of God is a widely acclaimed book by religious historian Karen Armstrong that traces the development and transformations of the concept of God in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
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B.
The Holocaust Industry
The Holocaust Industry is a controversial book by political scientist Norman Finkelstein that argues the memory of the Holocaust has been exploited for political and financial gain.
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C.
Eichmann in Jerusalem
Eichmann in Jerusalem is Hannah Arendt’s influential 1963 work of political theory and reportage that analyzes the trial of Nazi official Adolf Eichmann and introduces the concept of the “banality of evil.”
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D.
The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
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E.
The Trial of God
The Trial of God is a play by Elie Wiesel that dramatizes a mock trial of God in a Jewish village devastated by a pogrom, exploring faith, suffering, and divine justice in the shadow of the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the search for God after the Holocaust Target entity description: The search for God after the Holocaust is a theological and philosophical struggle to understand faith, divine justice, and the presence or absence of God in the face of the unprecedented evil and suffering of the Shoah.
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A.
A History of God
A History of God is a widely acclaimed book by religious historian Karen Armstrong that traces the development and transformations of the concept of God in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
-
B.
The Holocaust Industry
The Holocaust Industry is a controversial book by political scientist Norman Finkelstein that argues the memory of the Holocaust has been exploited for political and financial gain.
-
C.
Eichmann in Jerusalem
Eichmann in Jerusalem is Hannah Arendt’s influential 1963 work of political theory and reportage that analyzes the trial of Nazi official Adolf Eichmann and introduces the concept of the “banality of evil.”
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D.
The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
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E.
The Trial of God
The Trial of God is a play by Elie Wiesel that dramatizes a mock trial of God in a Jewish village devastated by a pogrom, exploring faith, suffering, and divine justice in the shadow of the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian theological discourse
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Jewish theological discourse ⓘ philosophical problem ⓘ post-Holocaust theology topic ⓘ theological problem ⓘ |
| discussedInDiscipline |
Holocaust studies
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Jewish philosophy ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ |
| emergedInPeriod | post-1945 ⓘ |
| hasApproach |
atheistic or agnostic responses
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emphasis on human responsibility over divine intervention ⓘ radical rethinking of God’s nature ⓘ reaffirmation of faith despite suffering ⓘ rejection of traditional theodicy ⓘ view of God’s suffering with victims ⓘ view of divine self-limitation ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Holocaust
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Holocaust ⓘ
surface form:
Shoah
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| hasEthicalDimension |
prevention of future genocides
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reassessment of human dignity and evil ⓘ responsibility to remember victims ⓘ |
| hasKeyIdea |
Theology of Hope
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surface form:
God suffering with humanity (Moltmann)
God’s self-limitation and risk in creation (Jonas) ⓘ commandment to survive as Jews after Auschwitz (Fackenheim) ⓘ death of the traditional God concept (Rubenstein) ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
divine justice
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divine presence and absence ⓘ faith after catastrophe ⓘ problem of evil ⓘ theodicy ⓘ |
| influencedByThinker |
Elie Wiesel
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Eliezer Berkovits ⓘ Emil Fackenheim ⓘ Hans Jonas ⓘ Irving Greenberg ⓘ Jürgen Moltmann ⓘ Richard Rubenstein ⓘ |
| raisesQuestion |
Can traditional theodicies be maintained after the Holocaust?
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Did God hide the divine face during the Shoah? ⓘ Does the covenant between God and Israel still hold? ⓘ How can a just and omnipotent God allow the Holocaust? ⓘ the search for God after the Holocaust self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Is belief in God still possible after Auschwitz?
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| relatedToConcept |
Jewish suffering
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covenant theology ⓘ divine hiddenness ⓘ human freedom and responsibility ⓘ moral evil ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent | Nazi genocide of the Jews ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: the search for God after the Holocaust Description of subject: The search for God after the Holocaust is a theological and philosophical struggle to understand faith, divine justice, and the presence or absence of God in the face of the unprecedented evil and suffering of the Shoah.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
the search for God after the Holocaust
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raisesQuestion
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the search for God after the Holocaust
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Is belief in God still possible after Auschwitz?
this entity surface form:
theology after Auschwitz