Overview
This volume sheds light on the transformed post-Holocaust relationship between Catholics and Jews. Once implacable theological foes, the two traditions have travelled a great distance in coming to view the other with respect and dignity. Responding to the horrors of Auschwitz, the Catholic Church has undergone a “reckoning of the soul,” beginning with its landmark document Nostra Aetate and embraced a positive theology of Judaism including the ongoing validity of the Jewish covenant. Jews have responded to this unprecedented outreach, especially in the document Dabru Emet. Together, these two Abrahamic traditions have begun seeking a repair of the world. The road has been rocky and certainly obstacles remain. Nevertheless, authentic interfaith dialogue remains a new and promising development in the search for a peace.
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Author: Alan L. Berger, Florida Atlantic Universi ,
Alan L. Berger, Florida Atlantic Universi ,
Mary C. Boys ,
James Carroll
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.50cm
Weight: 0.277kg
ISBN: 9780739199022
ISBN 10: 0739199021
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 15 April 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Berger's volume includes...a preface and excellent introduction by the editor summarizing the papers and their significance for the dialogue.... For Jews and Christians already involved in a dialogue, Levine's Speaking of the Middle East will spark a lively exchange.... [H]ighly recommended. * Journal of Ecumenical Studies * Alan Berger has collected the most important voices in Jewish-Christian dialogue to present their views in an accessible and exciting fashion. This is the book to read to understand the past and future of interreligious dialogue. -- Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College Provocative, troubling, but ultimately filled with a difficult hope, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in Jewish-Christian dialogue or, more broadly, contemporary religious pluralism. -- Theresa Sanders, Georgetown University This volume makes available eye-opening essays by some of the most prominent American thinkers and researchers on relations between Christians and Jews in the aftermath of the Shoah. Their reflections admirably span numerous disciplines and topics, including history, ethics, biblical studies, theology, Christian attitudes toward the State of Israel, and hopes for the future. All readers will better appreciate both the complexity of the Jewish and Christian relationship and also the unfinished work of rapprochement that lies ahead. -- Philip A. Cunningham, Saint Joseph's University
"Berger's volume includes...a preface and excellent introduction by the editor summarizing the papers and their significance for the dialogue.... For Jews and Christians already involved in a dialogue, Levine's ""Speaking of the Middle East"" will spark a lively exchange.... [H]ighly recommended. * Journal of Ecumenical Studies * Alan Berger has collected the most important voices in Jewish–Christian dialogue to present their views in an accessible and exciting fashion. This is the book to read to understand the past and future of interreligious dialogue. -- Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College Provocative, troubling, but ultimately filled with a difficult hope, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in Jewish–Christian dialogue or, more broadly, contemporary religious pluralism. -- Theresa Sanders, Georgetown University This volume makes available eye-opening essays by some of the most prominent American thinkers and researchers on relations between Christians and Jews in the aftermath of the Shoah. Their reflections admirably span numerous disciplines and topics, including history, ethics, biblical studies, theology, Christian attitudes toward the State of Israel, and hopes for the future. All readers will better appreciate both the complexity of the Jewish and Christian relationship and also the unfinished work of rapprochement that lies ahead. -- Philip A. Cunningham, Saint Joseph's University"
Alan Berger has collected the most important voices in Jewish-Christian dialogue to present their views in an accessible and exciting fashion. This is the book to read to understand the past and future of interreligious dialogue. -- Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College Provocative, troubling, but ultimately filled with a difficult hope, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in Jewish-Christian dialogue or, more broadly, contemporary religious pluralism. -- Theresa Sanders, Georgetown University This volume makes available eye-opening essays by some of the most prominent American thinkers and researchers on relations between Christians and Jews in the aftermath of the Shoah. Their reflections admirably span numerous disciplines and topics, including history, ethics, biblical studies, theology, Christian attitudes toward the State of Israel, and hopes for the future. All readers will better appreciate both the complexity of the Jewish and Christian relationship and also the unfinished work of rapprochement that lies ahead. -- Philip A. Cunningham, Saint Joseph's University
Alan Berger has collected the most important voices in Jewish-Christian dialogue to present their views in an accessible and exciting fashion. This is the book to read to understand the past and future of interreligious dialogue. -- Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College Provocative, troubling, but ultimately filled with a difficult hope, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in Jewish-Christian dialogue or, more broadly, contemporary religious pluralism. -- Theresa Sanders, Georgetown University This volume makes available eye-opening essays by some of the most prominent American thinkers and researchers on relations between Christians and Jews in the aftermath of the Shoah. Their reflections admirably span numerous disciplines and topics, including history, ethics, biblical studies, theology, Christian attitudes toward the State of Israel, and hopes for the future. All readers will better appreciate both the complexity of the Jewish and Christian relationship and also the unfinished work of rapprochement that lies ahead. -- Philip A. Cunningham, Saint Joseph's University
Author Information
Alan L. Berger is Raddock Family Eminent Scholar Chair of Holocaust Studies, director of the Center for the Study of Values and Violence after Auschwitz, and professor of Jewish studies at Florida Atlantic University.
