Category: Online Interreligious Events

The Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism  (BISA) Since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s counterattack on Gaza, there is a rise in antisemitic attacks on Jews, Jewish property, and Jewish-identified institutions in Germany. German politicians have defined the protection of Israel as Germany’s Staatsraison because of Germany’s historical responsibility for the Holocaust. The …

Making Jews visible: Germany’s Antisemitism Commissioners قراءة المزيد »

Mondays September 30-November 4 American University’s Jewish Studies Program For more information and REGISTRATION

Boston College’s Center for Christian-Jewish Learning and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life Robert P. Jones is the president and founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI).  He is the author of The New York Times bestselling book, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future. Is America a pluralistic …

Christian Nationalism, Religious Pluralism, and the 2024 (U.S.) Election قراءة المزيد »

The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College This interactive event will use live performances of brand-new psalm-inspired compositions as a springboard for discussion about the Bible and faith. By illuminating the depth, richness, and beauty of the psalms, this event will provide a unique opportunity for Jews and Christians to celebrate and explore the …

Deus Ex Musica presents: “Search Me, O God: An Interfaith Musical Explorations of the Psalms” قراءة المزيد »

The Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College Dr. Peter Ochs’ primary scholarship is in philosophy and scripture, or what he calls scripture-based reasoning. He writes as a Jewish philosopher and Jewish theologian, with degrees in anthropology, rabbinics, and philosophy. Much of his work engages Christian theologians. He will begin his luncheon talk with personal …

Reasoning for Repair: Studies of Reparative Reasoning in Jewish and Catholic Traditions قراءة المزيد »

Antisemitismuskritische Bibelauslegungen (Biblical interpretations critical of antisemitism) „Denn es ist gekommen der große Tag des Zorns und wer kann bestehen?“ (Offb 6,17). Mit diesem Satz verbinden sich Bilder vom Jüngsten Gericht und dem Ende der Welt. Apokalyptik gilt vielen als unsympathische, düstere Seite von Religion, voller Gewaltphantasien und pessimistischer Bilder. Deshalb steht die Johannesoffenbarung nicht …

Apokalypse: Ein Ende mit Schrecken? قراءة المزيد »

Antisemitismuskritische Bibelauslegungen „Nicht was in den Mund hineingeht, macht den Menschen unrein; sondern was aus dem Mund herauskommt, das macht den Menschen unrein.“ Diesen Satz stellt der Jesus des Matthäusevangeliums dem pharisäischen Verständnis von Reinheit entgegen (Mt 15,1-14). Damit wird zugleich eine christliche Auslegungstradition begründet, in der „kultische Reinheit“ antijüdisch aufgeladen ist. For more information …

Reinheit und Unreinheit: Jens Schröter über einen Streit mit Pharisäern قراءة المزيد »

A Weekly mini-course 12, 19, 26 September 2024 Mary, the mother of Jesus—Maryam in Arabic—is venerated by Christians and Muslims around the world. In this course, we will examine the Islamic portrayal of Mary as described in the Qur’an and the holy narrations of Prophet Muhammad, both normative sources for Muslims. We will identify similarities …

Maryam, the Muslim Mary: An interreligious figure who divides and unites us قراءة المزيد »

Boston College’s Center for Christian-Jewish Learning and co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program. In the 1960s Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik refused to engage in Jewish-Christian theological dialogue, publishing an essay titled “Confrontation” in which he presented his reasoning behind his stance. Since this time, however, more and more Orthodox Jews—including some of his own disciples—have …

Book presentation: Daniel Ross Goodman, “Soloveitchik’s Children Confront Christianity” قراءة المزيد »