This is a work of Christian theology that Karl Barth might call an ad hoc or secondary apologetic. Relying on a paraphrase of Anselm–"faith seeking the ethical"–Boesel engages modern and postmodern theologians and philosophers–from Kierkegaard to Barth, Ruether, Hegel, Derrida, and Levinas–to analyze the imperialistic dynamics entailed in the church's theological interpretations of the Jewish neighbor. He demonstrates the dimensions of the problem as they are paradigmatically visible in the...
