The ICCJ welcomes a new President and Executive Board
Wpis: 2021-09-04 20:29:32
At their Annual General Meeting the ICCJ member organizations elected a new Executive Board for a tenure of three years. Chaired by the new ICCJ President Liliane Apotheker the Board took up its work on July 8. Interview: Conseil Représentatif des...
European Day(s) of Jewish Culture
Wpis: 2021-09-04 22:08:36
Established in 1999, the EDJC each year encompasses hundreds of events in more than two dozen countries, from Spain to Sweden, from the United Kingdom to Ukraine. Synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, ritual baths, Jewish museums, and other sites of Jewish...
Research at the European Academy on “Religion and Change”
Wpis: 2021-09-04 22:37:18
The Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” was represented with 15 panels at this year’s conference of the “European Academy of Religion” (EuARe) on “Religion and Change”. The thematic spectrum of the conference ranged from local religious pr...
Interreligious Education at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College: A View from the Jewish Edge
Wpis: 2021-09-05 07:48:55
Abstract: This chapter reports on the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (rrc)’s bold experimentation in the field of inter religious education as integral to its mission. It chronicles how, with the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, over the...
Luther’s Shadow
Wpis: 2021-09-05 09:46:24
The nineteenth- and twentieth-century historiography on the reception of Martin Luther’s writings on Jews and Judaism, his Judenschriften, is marked by an ongoing contestation concerning the reformer’s religious and political views. Did his reflecti...
How Can You Know the Bible and Not Believe in Our Lord? Guiding Pilgrims across the Jewish–Christian Divide
Wpis: 2021-09-05 11:26:59
Drawing on auto-ethnographic descriptions from four decades of my own work as a Jewish guide for Christian Holy Land pilgrims, I examine how overlapping faiths are expressed in guide–group exchanges at Biblical sites on Evangelical pilgrimages.
Chrześcijaństwo pomiędzy ryzykiem a odnową
Wpis: 2021-09-05 15:38:06
Niezależnie od wyzwań, które wciąż stają przed Żydami i chrześcijanami, kiedy dokonują oni próby przeniesienia dialogu na nowy poziom, jest rzeczą oczywistą, że mogą tam także pokazać się aspekty pozytywne. Jeśli chodzi o chrześcijan: bardziej wszec...
The culture of encounter: The future of intercultural and interreligious dialogue
Wpis: 2021-12-06 21:12:16
'Fratelli tutti' confirms a universal truth about man, panelists say On the occasion of the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical "Fratelli tutti", Georgetown University and "La Civiltà Cattolica” hosted a two-day international conference t...
Jewish and Christian Leaders reflect on COP 26
Wpis: 2021-12-06 22:20:11
COP 26 has renewed discussion around Climate Change, what the future holds, and most importantly a means of mitigating its impact. Leaders around the world are speaking up about their hopes and fears for the conference and for the environment. For y...
Redeeming Liturgy
Wpis: 2021-12-07 09:50:16
Dr Gesine Palmer - A Eulogist’s Perspective on Rosenzweig’s Concept of Liturgy "No false promise is given. No true hope is abandoned."