Judaism, Christianity, and Liberation: An Agenda for Dialogue »

This Collection of Original Essays addresses a new and controversial avenue for Jewish-Christian dialogue: the project of liberation theology. While some Jews have welcomed the work of Latin American liberation theologians, other have been critical-both of Christian liberation theology, its treatment of Jewish history and scripture, and of any project of Jewish liberation theology. This dialogue has prompted Latin American liberation theologians to develop in turn their own responses to such issues as the state of Israel, the Palestinian question, the approach to the Hebrew Bible, the meaning of the Holocaust, the legacy of anti-Semitism, and the problem of empowerment in both Christian and Jewish history.

Preface Otto Maduro vi

Introduction: Liberation Theology and Judaism Judd Kruger Levingston 1

Part 1 Latin American Perspectives

1 Liberation Theology 23

A Political Expression of Biblical Faith Leonardo Boff

2 Jewish and Christian Liberation Theology Pablo Richard 33

3 The Holocaust and Liberation Julio de Santa Ana 40

Part II A Jewish Theology of Liberation?

4 Breaking the Chains of Necessity 55

An Approach to Jewish Liberation Theology Michael Lerner

5 A Jewish Journey through Nicaragua Phyllis B. Taylor 65

6 God's Joke 73

The Land Twice Promised Arthur Waskow

Part III A Critical Dialogue: Jewish and Christian Perspectives

7 False Messianism and Prophetic Consciousness 83

Toward a Liberation Theology of Jewish-Christian Solidarity Rosemary Radford Ruether

8 Jews, Israel, and Liberation Theology Richard L. Rubenstein 96

9 God's Pain and Our Pain 110

How Theology Has To Change after Auschwitz Dorothee Solle

10 Economics and Liberation 122

Can the Theology of Liberation Decide Economic Questions? Norman Solomon

Postscript: Jews, Christians, and Liberation Theology 141

A Response Marc H. Ellis

Contributors 151