Deep Calls to Deep

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Breaking new ground in Christian-Jewish dialogue Deep Calls to Deep uses a new paradigm, one which is marked by experiential theology: a theology that addresses and emerges out of the day to day lived experience of practising Christians and Jews. The book brings together a diverse array of important Christian and Jewish scholars to engage in conversation.

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• Publié par: Hymns Ancient & Modern
• Date de parution: 12 mai 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9780334055136
• Langue: English

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Deep Calls To Deep
Transforming Conversations Between Jews and Christians
Compiled and Edited by
Tony Bayfield






© The Contributors, 2017
First published in 2017 by SCM Press
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The process of dialogue reflected in this publication was assisted by the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ). However, the views, opinions and ideas reflected here are those of the individual contributors and in no way reflect those of CCJ, nor necessarily of other contributors.
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This book is dedicated to the memory of:

The Revd Dr John Bowden, a publisher who brought Christian–Jewish dialogue to his list, a theologian who asked challenging questions of all three Abrahamic siblings, mentor and companion in transforming conversations.

Sir Sigmund Sternberg KC*SG, a survivor of the Shoah who dedicated his life to collaboration between religious, political and business leaders in order to eradicate senseless hatred and build constructive relationships between communities.




Contents
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Foreword

A Dialogical Roadmap Tony Bayfield
1. The Third Dialogue Partner: How Do We Experience Modern Western Culture?
Liberating Individuals and Challenging Communities
Elli Tikvah Sarah
Time, Space and the Possibility of God
Stephen Roberts
Further Reflections
Tony Bayfield
2. How Should Christians and Jews Live in a Modern Western Democracy?
Inside Out or Outside In
Steve Williams
Democracy and Its (My) Jewish Discontents
Jeremy Gordon
Further Reflections
Tony Bayfield
3. How Do We Cope with Our Past?
Coming to Terms with the Past: Introduction
David Gillett and Michael Hilton
‘The Jews’ in John’s Gospel
Michael Hilton
William of Norwich and Echoes through the Ages
David Gillett
Holocaust Memorial Day
Michael Hilton and David Gillett
Coming to Terms with the Past: Conclusion
David Gillett and Michael Hilton
Further Reflections
Tony Bayfield
4. The Legacy of Our Scriptures
Beyond the Wilderness: Transforming Our Readings of Jewish and Christian Scriptures
Alexandra Wright
Reading Together: Receiving the Legacies of Our Scriptures Today
David F. Ford
Further Reflections
Tony Bayfield
5. Religious Absolutism
Rethinking Revelation, Exclusivity, Dialogue and Mission
Alan Race
A Jewish Theology Embracing Difference
Debbie Young-Somers
Further Reflections
Tony Bayfield
6. What Does Respect between People of Faith Mean?
The Heart of How Things Ought to Be
Wendy Fidler
Negotiating the Complexities of You and Me
Joy Barrow
Further Reflections
Tony Bayfield
7. Christian Particularity
Incarnation and Trinity
Patrick Morrow
Friendship and Respect in the Face of Impenetrable Doctrine
Vivian Silverman
Morrow, Maimonides and Torah in Translation
Natan Levy
Response to Patrick Morrow: We Are the Louse in Your Fur
Michael Hilton and Victor Seedman
Further Reflections
Tony Bayfield
8. Jewish Particularism
Spying on Israel: Morality of a Promised Land
Natan Levy
Christians, Jews and the Land
Teresa Brittain
Further Reflections
Tony Bayfield

Concluding Thoughts David F. Ford

Glossary




Acknowledgements
I would like to thank SCM Press for the enthusiasm with which it has embraced publishing this book and David Shervington, Rebecca Goldsmith, Hannah Ward and Joanne Hill, for their support, advice and prompt professionalism. Alan Race and I were particularly keen that SCM should be the publisher – in part because we’ve both been published by SCM but largely out of gratitude and respect for the late Editor and Managing Director of SCM Press, the Revd Dr John Bowden, to whom the book is dedicated. That leads me also to thank: The Revd Dr Marcus Braybrooke, former Director of the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ), for more than 30 years my partner and guide in dialogue theology. Sister Margaret Shepherd and the Sisters of Sion for seeing to and from the heart. The Rt Revd Nigel McCullough, former Bishop of Manchester and immediate past Chair of CCJ, who commissioned this book. The 16 members of the CCJ Theology Group who have given so unstintingly of themselves, their deepest commitments and questions and their time over a five-year period. Never have I had the privilege of chairing such a rewarding group of people. Dr Steve Innes who has supported the publication process on behalf of CCJ with such calm skill. Steve has also prepared the Glossary (along with Rabbi Dr Michael Hilton) and developed educational materials to accompany the book and facilitate its use. Professor David Ford who was volunteered as Vice-Chair in the early days of the Group when there were some challenging personnel issues and who knows the difference between pouring oil on troubled waters and sweeping important issues under the carpet! Victor Seedman, so insightful and knowledgeable when we urgently needed assistance from outside the Group. Rabbis Michael Hilton and Natan Levy for contributing to the section on Christian particularism as well as their own chapters. Rabbi Yuval Keren for setting the vowels in the Rabbinic Hebrew texts. My former PA Laura Moss who, despite receiving multiple copies of every essay and endless revisions, managed to present me with a flawless text for final editing. And finally, my beloved partner Jacqueline Fisher who not only prepared the final manuscript for SCM and later proofread the book, but gave each of my personal contributions the benefit of her love of English and extensive teaching and writing. If my contributions are grammatical, lucid and accessible, that is her doing. The questionable theology is entirely my responsibility.




Contributors
Joy Barrow gained a degree in Theology and taught Religious Studies in London secondary schools for 25 years, during which time she obtained an MA from King’s College, London, and a PhD from Leeds University. She has been actively involved in interfaith relations since 1980. After leaving teaching in 2005, she was Director of the International Interfaith Centre in Oxford, then Inter Faith Relations Officer for the Methodist Church in Britain. A committee member of the Hillingdon Branch of CCJ and Hillingdon Inter Faith Network, she currently volunteers at the London office of CCJ as Branch Liaison Manager.
Tony Bayfield CBE is a former President of CCJ. He began his association in 1983, embarking on a dialogue project co-convened with CCJ’s then Executive Director Marcus Braybrooke. This led to Dialogue with a Difference (1992), He Kissed Him and They Wept (2001) with Sidney Brichto and Eugene Fisher, and Beyond the Dysfunctional Family (2012) with Alan Race and Ataullah Siddiqui. He was awarded a Lambeth Doctorate in 2006 and is Professor of Jewish Theology and Thought at Leo Baeck College. A widower with three children, his younger daughter Miriam Berger is a graduate of Leo Baeck College and, like her father, a Reform Rabbi.
Teresa Brittain is a member of the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion and taught for a time in state schools in London. She studied Theology at King’s College, London, and then worked full time in parish ministry. Since gaining a Master of Literature in Theology at Birmingham University she has worked on the integration of the new relationship with the Jewish people with Roman Catholic Catechesis. Presently residing in Manchester, she works in Jewish–Christian relations in the local area with the Jewish community and for the Catholic Diocese of Salford and is involved in retreat-giving and different forms of adult education.
Wendy Fidler MBE can’t remember a time when she didn’t have an interest in interfaith matters. Following a career as a scientist in the health service, she undertook a Master’s degree at The Woolf Institute in Cambridge and has recently completed a PhD at Southampton. A leading figure in the Oxford Jewish community, she is involved in interfaith activities locally, nationally and internationally. She is a Trustee of CCJ and a member of its Advisory Council as well as chairing Oxford CCJ.
David F. Ford OBE is a Fellow of Selwyn College and Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus in the University of Cambridge. He is a co-founder of the inter