"This unique collection of essays from leading Catholic theologians from the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, England, and the Middle East reflect on the theological status of the land of Israel. These essays represent an exhaustive range of views. None avoid the new Catholic theology regarding the Jewish people. Some contributors see this as leading towards a positive theological affirmation of the state of Israel, while distancing themselves from Christian Zionists. All contributors are committed to rights of the Palestinian people. Some affirm the need for strong diplomatic and political support for Israel along with equal support for Palestinians, arguing that this is as far as the Church can go. Others argue that the Church's emerging theology represents the guilt conscience of Europe at the cost of the Palestinian people. None deny the right of Jews to live in the land. Two Jewish scholars respond to the essays creating an atmosphere of genuine interfaith dialogue which serves Catholics to think further through these issues"--
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A first-time, in-depth examination of the issue of the State of Israel in the Catholic-Jewish dialogue.
D'Costa faces head-on three important issues arising from the new teaching. First, previous Catholic teachings seem to claim Jewish rituals are invalid. He argues this is not the case.
Still, as a dialectical thinker, he tends to accentuate the differences between us, or at least to leave unnoted the places where his theological proposal is identical to my own. For example, the following words of Antoine begin by ...
The book explores the hermeneutics and wider effects of the conflict, such as the growing antipathy within the church toward the evangelization of the Jewish people.
McDermott has placed Christian Zionism on firm biblical and theological footing. I heartily recommend this book.
... Contemporary Catholic Approaches to the People , Land , and State of Israel . Washington , DC : Catholic University ... Israel . 3 volumes . St. Louis : Miriam Press , 2010 . Finkielkraut , Alain . Le juif imaginaire . Paris : Seuil ...
... Origen, Parts First and Second, edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe, 173–98. ... of Union and Participation, edited by Michael J. Thate, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, and Constantine R. Campbell, 157–79.
This book makes available in English important essays that mark the fortieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate).
This book argues that problems with recognizing the State of Israel lie at the heart of approaches to nationhood and unease over nationalism in modern Protestant theology, as well as modern social theory.