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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Ecumenism
In Indigenous and Christian Perspectives in Dialogue, Allen G.
Jorgenson asks what Christian theologians might learn from
Indigenous spiritualties and worldviews. Jorgenson argues that
theology in North America has been captive to colonial conceits and
has lost sight of key resources in a post-Christendom context. The
volume is especially concerned with the loss of a sense of place,
evident in theologies written without attention to context. Using a
comparative theology methodology, wherein more than one faith
tradition is engaged in dialogical exploration, Jorgenson uses
insights from Indigenous understandings of place to illumine
forgotten or obstructed themes in Christianity. In this
constructive theological project, "kairotic" places are named as
those that are kenotic, harmonic, poetic and especially
enlightening at the margins, where we meet the religious other.
The idea of a Jewish Church has been banned from the Christian
horizon for almost two millennia. But things are changing. Since
the middle of the 70s the Messianic Jewish movement has strived to
build an ecclesial home for all Jewish believers in Christ. This
new phenomenon brings to life issues that had disappeared since the
first centuries of the Church. What does it mean to be a Jew in the
Church? Should there be a distinction between Jews and non-Jews
among believers in Christ? Is such a distinction compatible with
the unity of the whole Body of Christ so ardently preached by Paul?
What lifestyle should this Church promote? In his various works,
Mark Kinzer, a prominent Messianic Jewish theologian, has attempted
to provide substantial answers to these questions. Antoine Levy is
a Dominican priest. With Kinzer, Levy has launched the "Helsinki
Consultation", a cross-denominational gathering of Jewish
theologians. In Jewish Church: A Catholic Approach to Messianic
Judaism, Levy examines Kinzer's positions critically, bringing
forward an alternative vision of what a "Jewish Church" could and
should be. This is only the beginning of what promises to be a
fascinating discussion.
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