Journal of Ecumenical Studies back issues from June 2004:
Old wine in new bottles: liberation theology and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict *.(Report)
Jun 22, 2004; ... Overview and Sources Liberation theology is a new arrival in the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Though the roots of this conflict precede the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 by decades, only recently have Christian thinkers who have been influenced ...
A spherical model of spirituality: a pluralistic perspective on the world's religions.(Author abstract)
Jun 22, 2004; ... I. A Two-Dimensional Model of Spirituality O my heart, if you wish to arrive at the beginning of understanding, walk carefully. To each atom there is a different door, and for each atom there is a different way which leads to the mysterious Being of whom I speak. To know oneself ...
Mendelssohn's religious perspective of non-Jews.(Report)
Jun 22, 2004; ... Introduction The eighteenth century saw the emergence of the Maskil, the Enlightened Jew. With the invention of a universal German culture rooted in rationality and morality, the Jew and gentile began to interact on neutral terrain to promote common interests such as the ...
Problem or promise? Confessional martyrs and Mennonite-Roman Catholic relations.(Report)
Jun 22, 2004; ... Introduction Two trends in contemporary Mennonite theology and church life are in significant tension. On the one hand, there has been retrieval and reflection on the constructive relevance of martyrdom, (1) and, on the other hand, there has been an increased ecumenical openness ...
Paris, Rome, Jerusalem: an ecumenical journey.(Travel narrative)
Jun 22, 2004; ... My ecumenical journey began a year after my arrival in Paris at the age of twenty-six. I had not previously been the least interested in ecumenism, yet my whole life had been preparation for the concern for Christian unity that has since been central to my work. Preparation ...
Just policing: how war could cease to be a church-dividing issue.(Report)
Jun 22, 2004; ... All these considerations compel us to undertake an evaluation of war with an entirely new attitude. Vatican II (1) Defining effective international government in this way is of course setting an idealistic goal; but it is less idealistic than the idea that military ...
Panikkar, Abhishiktananda, and the distinction between relativism and relativity in interreligious discourse.(Conference news)
Jun 22, 2004; ... One who knows several mental (or religious or spiritual) languages is incapable of absolutizing any formulation whatever--of the gospel, of the Upanishads, of Buddhism, etc. He can only bear witness to an experience--about which he can only stammer ... Swami Abhishiktananda ...
Francis Younghusband: founder of the World Congress of Faiths.(EXPLORATIONS AND RESPONSES)(Biography)
Jun 22, 2004; ... Seventy years ago, on July 3, 1936, the World Congress of Faiths convened at University College, London. It was a highly unusual and controversial event. Not a single bishop of the Church of England dared then to be seen in the company of members of other religions. They were in the ...
Response to the David Wyman special issue.(EXPLORATIONS AND RESPONSES)(Report)
Jun 22, 2004; ... The issue of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies 40:4 (Fall, 2003), devoted to David S. Wyman's The Abandonment of the Jews, referred several times to my book, The Myth of Rescue: Why the Democracies Could Not Have Saved More Jews from the Nazis (London and New York: Routledge, 1997). Many ...
Jesus, Judaism, and Christian Anti-Judaism: Reading the New Testament after the Holocaust.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2004; ... Jesus, Judaism, and Christian Anti-Judaism: Reading the New Testament after the Holocaust. Edited by Paula Fredriksen and Adele Reinhartz. Louisville, KY, and London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. Pp. 129. Paper. This short collection of essays on anti-Judaism in the ...
Liturgical Renewal As a Way to Christian Unity.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2004; ... Liturgical Renewal as a Way to Christian Unity. Edited by James F. Puglisi. A Pueblo Book. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2005. Pp. This is more than a book on spiritual ecumenism, as it also concerns ecumenical spirituality. Linking liturgy and unity, it addresses the ...
Book received.
Jun 22, 2004 ... Almond, Gabriel A.; Appleby, R. Scott; and Sivan, Emmanuel, Strong Religion." The Rise of Fundamentalisms around the World. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Pp. 281. $19.00, paper. Ehrman, Bart D., Misquoting Jesus: The Story behind Who Changed the Bible ...
Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic Dialogue.(ECUMENICAL EVENTS)(Conference news)
Jun 22, 2004; ... The Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic dialogue, which has met semiannually since it was established in 1984, met at the San Pedro Retreat Center in Orlando, Florida, September 16 -17, 2004. Msgr. John Strynkowski, Executive Director of the Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral ...
2004 conference of the North American Academy of Ecumenists.(ECUMENICAL EVENTS)(Conference news)
Jun 22, 2004; ... Columbus, Ohio, was the venue for the September, 2004, annual conference of the North American Academy of Ecumenists. This report highlights the theme and discussions of the three-day gathering from the perspective of one participant. The theme chosen, "The Church: Its Faith and Unity," ...
21st meeting of Orthodox and Catholic Bishops.(ECUMENICAL EVENTS)(Conference news)
Jun 22, 2004; ... The Joint Committee of Orthodox and Catholic Bishops held its 21st meeting, October 5-7, 2004, at the Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolia Center in South Bound Brook, New Jersey. It was chaired jointly by Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb of Mobile and Bishop Seraphim of Ottawa and All Canada of the ...
Interfaith symposium on peace service in the Abrahamie traditions.(ECUMENICAL EVENTS)
Jun 22, 2004; ... On October 30, 2004, a one-day symposium was held at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on peace service in the Abrahamic traditions. The two chief aims of the symposium were to highlight the need for collaboration among diverse groups in working toward peace, and to take ...
National council of synagogues and U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committee for ecumenical and interreligious affairs meet.(ECUMENICAL EVENTS)
Jun 22, 2004; ... The semi-annual meeting of the U.S. Catholic-Jewish Consultation Committee was held at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 3, 2004. The major topic of discussion was the challenge of mixed marriage in American life and how our communities are responding ...
Coming event.(ECUMENICAL EVENTS)(Conference news)
Jun 22, 2004 ... The 2007 theme of the 37th Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches will be "Legacies of Nuremberg: 60 Years of Trials and Tribulations (1947-2006)." Hosted by the Samuel Rosenthal Center for Judaic Studies, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, it will be ...
Ecumenical resources.
Jun 22, 2004 ... ARGENTINA Actualidad Pastoral (Moron) The following articles appear in Vol. 37, No. 287 (January-June, 2004): Bruno Chenu, "?Tiene futuro ecumenico el Ministcrio de Pedro?" pp. 71-75. Lorenzo Cappelletti, "?Primado o hegemonia? La historia de una separacion," pp ....