▁of ▁my ▁generation ▁were ▁then ▁returning ▁from ▁cam ps ▁and ▁hosp it als ▁to ▁the ▁lecture ▁room . ▁A ▁the ology ▁which ▁did ▁not ▁speak ▁of ▁God ▁in ▁the ▁sight ▁of ▁the ▁one ▁who ▁was ▁abandoned ▁and ▁cru c ified ▁would ▁have ▁had ▁nothing ▁to ▁say ▁to ▁us ▁then . ▁ ▁The ▁traditional ▁notion ▁of ▁an ▁imp ass ible ▁ ▁un m oved ▁m over ▁had ▁died ▁in ▁those ▁cam ps ▁and ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁ten able . ▁Mol t mann ▁propos es ▁instead ▁a ▁cru c ified ▁God ▁who ▁is ▁both ▁a ▁suffering ▁and ▁protest ing ▁God . ▁That ▁is , ▁God ▁is ▁not ▁det ached ▁from ▁suffering ▁but ▁will ingly ▁enters ▁into ▁human ▁suffering ▁in ▁comp ass ion . ▁ ▁God ▁in ▁Aus ch witz ▁and ▁Aus ch witz ▁in ▁the ▁cru c ified ▁God   – ▁that ▁is ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁real ▁hope ▁that ▁both ▁em bra ces ▁and ▁over comes ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁This ▁is ▁in ▁contrast ▁both ▁with ▁the ▁move ▁of ▁the ism ▁to ▁justify ▁God ' s ▁actions ▁and ▁the ▁move ▁of ▁at he ism ▁to ▁acc use ▁God . ▁Mol t mann ' s ▁tr init arian ▁the ology ▁of ▁the ▁cross ▁instead ▁says ▁that ▁God ▁is ▁a ▁protest ing ▁God ▁who ▁oppos es ▁the ▁gods ▁of ▁this ▁world ▁of ▁power ▁and ▁dom ination ▁by ▁entering ▁into ▁human ▁pain ▁and ▁suffering ▁on ▁the ▁cross ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁gall ows ▁of ▁Aus ch witz . ▁ ▁Mol t mann ' s ▁the ology ▁of ▁the ▁cross