"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. In t...

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1. Verfasser:	Tollerton, David C. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Routledge 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge studies in religion Routledge studies in religion
Schlagworte:	Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) / Study and teaching / Great Britain Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) / Foreign public opinion, British Public opinion / Great Britain Judaism / Relations / Islam Islam / Relations / Judaism Judaism / Relations / Christianity Christianity and other religions / Judaism Collective memory / Great Britain Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) / Historiography
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Zusammenfassung:	"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. In the first half of the book attention is given to the relationships between remembrance activities and Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and post-Christian communities. Such relationships are far from monolithic, being entangled in diverse histories, identities, power-structures, and notions of 'British values'. In the book's second half, the focus turns to ways in which public initiatives concerned with Holocaust commemoration and education are intertwined with evocations and perceptions of the sacred. Three state-supported endeavours are addressed in detail: Holocaust Memorial Day, plans for a major new memorial site in London, and school visits to Auschwitz. Considering these phenomena through concepts of ritual, sacred space, and pilgrimage, it is proposed that response to the Holocaust has become a key feature of Britain's 21st century religious-secular landscape. Critical consideration of these topics, it is argued, is necessary for both a better understanding of religious-secular change in modern Britain and a sustainable culture of remembrance and national self-examination. This is the first study to examine Holocaust remembrance and British religiosity/secularity in relation to one another. As such, it will be of keen interest to scholars of Religious Studies, Jewish studies and Holocaust Studies, as well as the Sociology of Religion, Material Religion and Secularism"--
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ISBN:	9780429019708 042901970X 9780429671104 0429671105 9780429672590 0429672594 9780429669613 0429669615