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History, revolution, and achievements of Nostra aetate : the Second Vatican Council declaration on the relation of the Church with non-Christian religions / Daniel Sperber ; foreword by Cardinal Kurt Koch ; preface by Rabbi David Rosen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sperber, Daniel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and other religions.
- Judaism--Relations--Catholic Church.
- Judaism.
- Vatican Council--(2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano). Declaratio de ecclesiae habitudine ad religiones non-Christianas--Congresses.
- Vatican Council.
- Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism.
- Catholic Church.
- Physical Description:
- 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ktav Publishing House ; Jerusalem : Urim Publications, [2024]
- Summary:
- "A little over half a century ago, there came about a remarkable change in the Catholic Church's attitude to the Jewish people. Once an accursed nation, responsible for the death of the Redeemer, Jews became the blessed elder brother of Christianity. Nostra Aetate traces the process of this revolutionary change in detail, through its primary Catholic and Jewish sources"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword / by Cardinal Kurt Koch
- Preface / by Rabbi David Rosen
- Introduction: Apologia pro me
- The basic premise of Western philosophy
- The eastern philosophical approach to "Coincidentia Oppositum"
- The Jewish position in Halacha, Aggadah and Kabbalah
- Back to Western rationalism
- The birth of liberalism and the notion of "toleration"
- The influence of Eastern thought and culture
- The emergence of the philosophy of individual rights
- Disparate elements forming the theological basis for Nostra Aetate
- Limits of toleration
- The role of Christianity in the development of antisemitism
- The dominant component of the Holocaust and feelings of Christian guilt
- The mediaeval calumnies
- Prof. Jules Isaac's role in the process resulting in Nostra Aetate
- Heschel's contribution
- The role of the "Sisters of Our Lady of Sion"
- The revolutionary nature of Nostra Aetate
- Towards the future
- Synoptic summary
- Appendix I. Some important Roman-Catholic documents
- Appendix II. Between Jerusalem and Rome: reflections on 50 years of Nostra Aetate.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781602805187
- 1602805180
- OCLC:
- 1455637151
- Publisher Number:
- 90100991625
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