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Jewish and Christian scholars consider the Vatican document, "We
Remember: A Reflection on the 'Shoah'." Robert Schreiter, Gerard
Sloyan, Irving Greenberg, Cardinal Edward Cassidy, Michael Marrus,
Steven Katz, John Morley, Judith H. Banki, and Ronald Modras
address four major points of controversy, including the legacy of
anit-Semitism in the church and the role of Pius XII during the
Holocaust. Michael Berenbaum, John Pawlikowski, John Michalczyk,
Peter Hass, Peter Hayes, and Donald Dietrich confront three major
ethical themes, including what we can learn about today's economic
and social structures based on the transformation of German
business from reluctant supporters to full participants in Nazism.
Judaism and Christianity are religions bound together by their
claims to the same biblical covenant initiated by God with Abraham
and his descendants. Yet, despite the inseparable connection
between the election of Israel and that of the church, between the
"old" and the "new" covenant, this shared spiritual patrimony has
been the source of a type of violent sibling rivalry competing for
the same paternal love and inherited entitlement. God, it seemed,
had but one blessing to bestow. It could be given to either Jacob
or Esau-but not both. In the twenty-first century, however, Jews
and Christians are challenged to reconsider their theological
assumptions by two inescapable truths: the moral tragedy of the
holocaust demands that Christian thinkers acknowledge the violent
effects of theologically de-legitimizing Jews and Judaism, and the
pervasive reality of cultural and religious pluralism calls both
Christian and Jewish theologians to rethink the covenant in the
presence of the Other. Two Faiths, One Covenant? Jewish and
Christian Identity in the Presence of the Other is a breakthrough
work that embraces this contemporary challenge and charts a path
toward fruitful interfaith dialogue. The Christian and Jewish
theologians in this book explore the ways that both religions have
understood the covenant in biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern
religious writings and reflect on how the covenant can serve as a
reservoir for a positive theological relationship between
Christianity and Judaism-not merely one of non-belligerent
tolerance, but of respect and theological pluralism, however
limited.
Religion and Public Life is a collection of papers delivered at a
conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Msgr.
John A. Ryan, who was the most prominent and influential American
advocate of the Catholic social tradition in the first half of the
twentieth century. He was a rare combination of scholar, priest,
and political realist. Most of his career was spent in Washington,
D.C., where he was both a professor at the Catholic University of
America and a principal representative of the American bishops to
Congress. This collection serves as a fine introduction to Ryan's
thought as well as a survey of some of the more pressing current
issues in the Catholic social tradition.
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.
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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