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.
Alan L. Berger is Raddock Family Eminent Scholar Chair of Holocaust Studies, director of the Center for the Study of Values and Violence after Auschwitz, and professor of Jewish studies at Florida Atlantic University.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Alan L. Berger Chapter 1: A Medication on Hope, Elie Weisel Chapter 2: A Positive Jewish Theology of Christianity, Irving Greenberg Chapter 3: Vatican II, The Passion of the Christ, and the Future of Catholic-Jewish Dialogue, Alan L. Berger Chapter 4: Though the Messiah May Tarry: A Reflection on Redemption in Our Time, David Patterson Chapter 5: Speaking of the Middle East: Jews and Christians in Dialogue and Dispute, Amy-Jill Levine Chapter 6: Christian-Muslim-Jew: The Necessary Trialogue, James Carroll Chapter 7: What Have You Done? Wrestling with the Sixth Commandment, John K. Roth Chapter 8: Redeeming Sacred Texts from their Sacrilegious Uses, Mary C. Boys Chapter 9: The Catholic Church and the Holocaust: Toward an Honest Assessment, John T. Pawlikowski Chapter 10: Human Dignity and Jewish-Christian Relations, Donald J. Dietrich
