Variations on the messianic theme [[electronic resource] ] : a case study of interfaith dialogue / / by Marion Wyse

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457858303321
• Autore: Wyse Marion
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : Academic Studies Press, 2009
• ISBN: 1-61811-063-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Collana: Judaism and Jewish life
• Disciplina: 261.2/6
• Soggetti: Messiah; Christianity and other religions - Judaism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-259) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Confronting the impasse -- The impasse -- Entering the Jewish-Christian dialogue -- Introduction: Facing the past : Hoshoah as the great divide -- Present repentance : documents of the church -- Roman Catholic documents -- World Council of Churches documents -- Lutheran documents -- Other North American documents -- Dialogue as meta-framework -- Initial Christian attempts to approach Jesus as Jew -- 1965-1974 -- Faith and fratricide -- Conclusion: The dialogue at an impasse -- Exploring some christological paths -- Introduction: Urgency of the question -- John Pawlikowski : Jesus in the pharisaic context -- Paul van Buren : Christ in the Jewish context -- Rosemary Ruether : humanity as the collective Messiah -- Conclusion: Still at an impasse -- A way forward -- Examining the radical empirical method -- Choosing context as primary -- William James -- Alfred North Whitehead -- Empirical theology -- Bernard Lee's appropriation of empiricism -- Lee's retrieval of the Hebraic context : a critique -- Mapping some variations on the messianic theme -- Introduction: Contextualizing concepts -- The Jewish origin and development of the messianic concept -- The Christian shift and development of the messianic concept -- The messianic concept in context of the Jewish-Christian dialogue -- Among Jews -- Among Christians -- Conclusion: A way forward? -- Conclusion: Discerning paths past, present and future.
• Sommario/riassunto: Over fifty years after the Holocaust, Marion Wyse explores interfaith dialogue between the Jewish and Christian communities and attempts to evaluate what goals these communities have reached and where they now stand. While many painful issues have been addressed and Jews and Christians in dialogue have achieved a solid respect for each other, the basic disagreement over the Christian designation of Jesus as the Jewish messiah still stands. Theologians have suggested varying approaches but none convince both parties. This work employs William James' radical empirical method to show that the original Jewish messianic concept, the Christian shift, and the Jewish repudiation of the shift, can each be seen as valid faith variants.