List Books » Two Faiths, One Covenant?: Jewish and Christian Identity in the Presence of the Other (The Bernardin Center Series)
Authors: Eugene B. Korn (Editor), John T. Pawlikowski
ISBN-13: 9780742532274, ISBN-10: 0742532275
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: December 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
In the twenty-first century, 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 delegitimizing 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 and reflect on how it 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.
Introduction | 1 | |
1 | Bound by the Bible : Jews, Christians, and the binding of Isaac | 11 |
2 | The binding of Isaac : hermeneutical reflections | 29 |
3 | The Akedah and covenant today | 35 |
4 | The covenant in patristic and medieval Christian theology | 45 |
5 | The covenant in rabbinic thought | 65 |
6 | The covenant in contemporary ecclesial documents | 81 |
7 | The covenant in recent theological statements | 111 |
8 | The covenant and religious ethics today | 125 |
9 | One God, many faiths : a Jewish theology of conventional pluralism | 147 |
10 | Jews and Christians : their covenantal relationship in the American context | 155 |