After Auschwitz, What?
By Alex Weissman
After Auschwitz, no theology: From the chimneys of the Vatican, white smoke rises --
a sign the cardinals have chosen themselves a Pope.
From the crematoria of Auschwitz, black smoke rises -
- a sign the conclave of Gods hasn't yet chosen the Chosen People.1 -
-Yehuda Amichai On Yom HaShoah, the Jewish day to mourn the Holocaust, what do we do?
Theodor Adorno claimed, “There is no poetry after Auschwitz.” But if there is no poetry, we have nothing to read and if we have no theology, we have nothing to believe. Our souls are left starving, craving answers and hungering to cry out. Amichai has attempted to prove Adorno wrong—he has written the poetry. But have we attempted to prove Amichai wrong? Do we have theology after the Holocaust? Do we have any semblance of answers?
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Pope Francis’ Ignatian Tradition and Interfaith Relations
By Hans Gustafson
In Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises, the heart of its sensual spirituality climaxes for the retreatant in the final contemplation of finding God in all things.
Consider how God dwells in creatures; in the elements, giving them existence; in the plants, giving them life; in the animals, giving them sensation; in human beings, giving them intelligence … consider God labors and works for [you] in all the creatures on the face of the earth; … he is working in the heavens, elements, plants, fruits, cattle, and all the rest – giving them their existence, conserving them, concurring with their vegetative and sensitive activities, and so forth. … Consider how all good things and gifts descend from above.[1]
This passage, and many similar to it throughout the Exercises, provides the foundation for the Ignatian principle of ‘finding God in all things.’ Ignatius’ worldview is thoroughly Thomistic in the sense that all things, people included, strive to realize their telos of serving and moving towards God. Thus God is to be found in all things in so far as they reveal, and assist with the movement towards, this telos.
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Spring 2013 Call for Contributors is Here!
By Honna Eichler, Managing Director of State of Formation
The 2013 Spring Call for Contributing Scholars is now open! You are invited to nominate yourself or an emerging scholar! Nominate yourself or someone you know!
Over the past two and a half years, emerging religious and ethical leaders from around the country and the world have engaged each other and readers by sharing their stories and views on State of Formation. Conversations once dominated by established leaders are now readily embraced by the up-and-comers, and accessible to contributors from many different moral, faith, political, economic, and social backgrounds. Currently, the site garners over 150,000 views per year.
State of Formation is a community conversation between young leaders in formation. Together, a cohort of seminarians, rabbinical students, graduate students and the like – the future religious and moral leaders of tomorrow – will work to redefine the ethical discourse today, particularly as it is used to refract current events and personal experiences.
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