Category: Online Interreligious Events

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 Read More »

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? Read More »

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 Read More »

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 Read More »

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” Read More »

The Center for Jewish Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center presents: Definitions of Antisemitism: A Roundtable Discussion Please join us for two online roundtables on the current debate over the definition of antisemitism and its implications for activists, politicians, university officials, and the general public. The first discussion, on September 19, will feature participants in …

Definitions of Antisemitism Read More »

Sarah Bernstein and John Munayer in conversation with Miroslav Volf. What is the relationship between memory and violence? How do we remember rightly and how do we remember wrongly? And how does memory play a role in the cycle of violence? These questions are just some of what the Rossing Center’s webinar series addresses in …

Remembering Rightly, Remembering Wrongly:The Role of Memory in Breaking the Cycle of Violence Read More »

With Dr. Amy Weiss, Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies and Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies and History, University of Hartford   JTS  summer learning series JTS Alumni in the World: Scholarship and Impact  In 1977, the American Jewish Committee awarded Billy Graham its first National Interreligious Award in recognition of the evangelist’s support of Israel and …

American Jewish-Evangelical Interfaith Relations and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Read More »

Cordula Heupts über die “Erfüllungszitate” Antisemitismuskritische Bibelauslegungen Das christliche triumphalistische Verständnis der so genannten Erfüllungsformeln im Matthäusevangelium (wie in Mt 2,15) hat eine lange Wirkungsgeschichte. Danach seien die Verheißungen des Alten Testaments durch und in Christus so erfüllt worden, dass sie abgegolten sind. Die schematische Folge von „Verheißung“ und „Erfüllung“ wird heute noch abwertend für …

Verheißung und Erfüllung Read More »