| The Catholic Church and the Jewish People: Recent Reflections from Rome Contributor(s): Cunningham, Philip A. (Editor), Hofmann, Norbert J. (Editor), Sievers, Joseph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0823228053 ISBN-13: 9780823228058 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $68.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: This book makes available in English important essays delivered at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate). Surveying official Vatican dialogues and documents over the preceding decades, the essays also explore challenging theological questions posed by the Shoah and the subsequent Catholic recognition of the permanence of the Jewish people's covenantal life with God. Featuring articles by Vatican officials, leading rabbis, diplomats, and Catholic and Jewish scholars, the book discusses the nature of Christian-Jewish relations and the need to remember its conflicted and often tragic history, aspects of a Christian theology of Judaism, the Catholic-Jewish dialogue since the Shoah, and the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the State of Israel. The book includes an essay by Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, and appendices documenting the official rapprochement between the Church and the Jewish People in recent decades. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | Christianity - Catholic - Religion | Judaism - General |
| Dewey: 261.26 |
| LCCN: 2007039797 |
| Series: Abrahamic Dialogues |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.39" W x 9.17" (1.17 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Theometrics - Catholic |
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| Publisher Description: This book makes available in English important essays that mark the fortieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate). Surveying Vatican dialogues and documents, the essays explore challenging theological questions posed by the Shoah and the Catholic recognition of the Jewish people's covenantal life with God.Featuring essays by Vatican officials, leading rabbis, diplomats, and Catholic and Jewish scholars, the book discusses the nature of Christian-Jewish relations and the need to remember their conflicted and often tragichistory, aspects of a Christian theology of Judaism, the Catholic-Jewish dialogue since the Shoah, and the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Israel. The book includes an essayby Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, and documents on the rapprochement between the Church and the Jewish people. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cunningham, Philip A.: - PHILIP A. CUNNINGHAM, a member of the Advisory Committee on Catholic-Jewish Relations for the U.S. Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, was the founding Executive Director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Relations at Boston College.Sievers, Joseph: - JOSEPH SIEVERS is former Director of the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.Hofmann, Norbert J., S. D. B.: - NORBERT J. HOFMANN, S.D.B., is Secretary of the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews. |
