 Jackson, Tenn. - Evangelical leader and ethicist David Gushee
will participate in a book tour through Germany to promote the German translation of his
1994 publication, "The Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust: A Christian
Interpretation." The book is being published by One Way Verlag, a German-based
Christian publishing house. It was originally published in the United States by Fortress
Press in 1994. Gushee's book is a study of Christians and other non-Jews who rescued
Jews during the Holocaust. According to Gushee, the subjects of his book took whatever
opportunities they could create to help a people marked for death. Today the Jewish
community remembers these rescuers as the "righteous gentiles," Gushee says.
"I'm excited about this opportunity to reflect on the Holocaust in the land of its
origin. The German people have come to grips in an admirable way with this evil and worst
event of their history. I expect a respectful response and a vigorous dialogue,"
Gushee says.
 Gushee, associate professor of
Christian studies at Union and director of the university's Center for Christian
Leadership, is one of the leading Christian scholars on the Holocaust. He has published
numerous articles about the Holocaust, appearing in "The Journal of Holocaust and
Genocide Studies," "The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social
Science" and "Christianity Today." He has also lectured twice in Memphis on
the subject of the Holocaust, at Rhodes College and at the "Facing History and
Ourselves" summer workshop for teachers.
The tour begins Monday, Oct. 5, in Essen, Germany and will take Gushee to bookstores,
churches, a seminary and a Jewish community made up of Russian immigrants. Stops will
include Nurnberg, Frankfurt and several other cities.
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