The Cross at Auschwitz
WHEN: Thursday, January 28, 1999 at 8:00 PM.
WHERE: Petersen Hall at UCSD.
The speaker is James Carroll, writer and winner of the National Book Award for An American Requiem.
The ongoing dispute between Jews and Catholics over the presence of crosses at Auschwitz raises painful questions about the tragic history of Christian attitudes and actions towards Jews.
James Carroll, a Catholic writer, reflects on those questions and the challenge they pose to traditional beliefs about the church, Jesus and Jews.
For further information call Pat Buczaczer, 452-0285
Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society