Holocaust Memory and Britain''s Religious-Secular Landscape - Politics, Sacrality, and Diversity

British state-supported Holocaust remembrance has dramatically grown in prominence since the 1990s. This monograph provides the first substantial discussion of the interface between public Holocaust memory in contemporary Britain and the nation's changing religious-secular landscape.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part One: Holocaust Memory and Abrahamic communities; 2 Jewish Communities; 3 Muslim Communities; 4 (Post-)Christian Communities; Part Two: Holocaust Memory and the Sacred: Ritual, Shrine, and Pilgrimage; 5 Holocaust Memorial Day; 6 The Victoria Tower Gardens Memorial and Learning Centre; 7 ‘Lessons from Auschwitz; 8 Consequences of the Sacred; 9 Conclusion; Bibliography

About the author

David Tollerton is Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies and Contemporary Religion at the University of Exeter. He was recently awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for his work on religious responses to the Holocaust. His first monograph, The Book of Job in Post-Holocaust Thought, was published in 2012.

Summary

British state-supported Holocaust remembrance has dramatically grown in prominence since the 1990s. This monograph provides the first substantial discussion of the interface between public Holocaust memory in contemporary Britain and the nation’s changing religious-secular landscape.

Product details

• Authors: David Tollerton, David (University of Exeter Tollerton, Tollerton David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781032174907
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3217490-7
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Europe, RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Judaism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Education, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Religion & politics, Jewish Studies, Second World War, The Holocaust, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Religion and Politics, c 1940 to c 1949, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Military institutions, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Memorials & Rolls Of Honour, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust