| Friends on the Way: Jesuits Encounter Contemporary Judaism Contributor(s): Michel, Thomas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0823228118 ISBN-13: 9780823228119 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: The largest order of religious in the Roman Catholic Church, the Society of Jesus has been at the forefront of the Church's efforts at dialogue across religions. Jesuits around the world work to cooperate with others of all faith traditions to promote peace, justice, harmony, human rights, and respect for all of God's creation, especially through dialogue with those who are inspired by religious commitment or who share a sense of transcendence that opens them to universal values. Understanding and improving relations between the Church and the Jewish people has been a major focus of the Holy See and the Society of Jesus for many years. This book, the fruit of a major conference on the history, nature, and dynamics of relations between Jesuits and contemporary Jewish life, brings together a rich, wide-ranging selection of essays by Jesuit scholars and pastoral leaders, a leading Jewish studies scholar and a leading rabbi. Drawing on a variety of approaches in historical and constructive theology, literary criticism, and spirituality, the contributors explore historical, philosophical, theological, cultural, and institutional themes-from Ignatian perspectives on Halakhic spirituality and the role played in Jesuit history by Jews forced to convert to Christianity to Jesuit perspectives on Hannah Arendt, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Harold Bloom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 261.26 |
| LCCN: 2007034059 |
| Series: Abrahamic Dialogues |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.01" W x 8.63" (0.87 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The largest order of religious in the Roman Catholic Church, the Society of Jesus has been at the forefront of the Church's efforts at dialogue across religions. Understanding and improving relations between the Church and the Jewish people has been a major focus of the Holy See and the Society of Jesus for many years. This book, the fruit of a major conference on the history, nature, and dynamics of relations between Jesuits and contemporary Jewish life, brings together a rich, wide-ranging selection of essays by Jesuit scholars and pastoral leaders, a leading Jewish studies scholar, and a leading rabbi. Drawing on a variety of approaches in historical and constructive theology, literary criticism, and spirituality, the contributors explore historical, philosophical, theological, cultural, and institutional themes--from Ignatian perspectives on Halakhic spirituality and the role played in Jesuit history by Jews forced to convert to Christianity to Jesuit perspectives on Hannah Arendt, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Harold Bloom |
Contributor Bio(s): Michel, Thomas: - Thomas Michel, S.J., is Secretary for Interreligious Dialogue of the Society of Jesus in Rome and Ecumenical Secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences. |
