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DESCRIPTION:This event will be a celebration of the publication Auschwitz a
 nd Absolution: The Case of the Commandant and the Confessor (Orbis Books\, 
 2023).  Its editor\, James Bernauer\, S.J. will be joined in a discussion\,
  moderated by the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning director Daniel Josl
 yn-Siemiatkoski\, with four of the volume’s interfaith authors: Ruth Langer
  and Marina McCoy of Boston College\, Serena Parekh of Northeastern Univers
 ity\, and Francis X. Clooney\, S.J. of Harvard University. \n\nFew people k
 now that in the face of his 1947 execution\, Rudolf Höss\, the notorious Co
 mmandant of Auschwitz\, met with a Polish Jesuit priest\, Fr. Wladyslaw Loh
 n. Höss made a confession to Fr. Lohn for approximately four hours\, and re
 ceived absolution. This compelling account of a secret and sacramental meet
 ing not only tells what happened\, but\, in addition\, seventeen Jewish and
  Christian commentators offer reflections that represent a critical challen
 ge to contemporary notions of forgiveness.\n\nJames Bernauer\, S.J.\, a Jes
 uit priest\, is the Kraft Family Professor of Philosophy emeritus and forme
 r director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College. H
 e is the author\, editor\, and co-editor of a number of books\, including A
 uschwitz and Absolution: The Case of the Commandant and the Confessor (2023
 )\, Jesuit Kaddish: Jesuits\, Jews\, and Holocaust Remembrance (2020)\, and
  The Tragic Couple: Encounters Between Jews and Jesuits (2013). His fields 
 of interest include Holocaust Studies\, Jesuits and Jews during the Holocau
 st\, German Jewry\, and the philosophies of Michel Foucault and Hannah Aren
 dt.\n\nCo-sponsored by the Jesuit Institute at Boston College.
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LOCATION:In-Person: 245 Beacon Street\, 107 Auditorium\; Virtual: Zoom webi
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SUMMARY:James Bernauer\, S.J.\, "Auschwitz and Absolution: The Case of the 
 Commandant and the Confessor" (Hybrid)
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 the_case_of_the_commandant_and_the_confessor_hybrid
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