Articles
From Apologetics to Self-confidence. A New Form of Interreligious Dialogue.
Read moreLecture given at the ICCJ conference 2019 in Lund/Sweden, June 30.
Jewish Views of Christianity: Some Reflections
Read moreMuch has been written in recent years on Jewish-Christian relations, including developments in Jewish attitudes towards Christianity.
Regina Coeli: A Jewish Source?
Read moreThe famous Latin hymn of the Roman Catholic Church, “Regina Coeli” (alt. “Regina Caeli”), which goes back to the 12th century, praises Mary,…
Structures of Violence and the Denigration of Law in Christian Thought[1]
Read moreThis article examines three major patterns of violence in Christian theological thought traditions: supersessionism (the idea that…
Dialogical Theology Moored in Buber’s Dialogical Philosophy
Read moreA growing interreligious theology is a challenge for any confessional theology. In confessional theology, one reflects first of all upon the…
Reflections on the recent Orthodox Jewish Statements on Jewish-Catholic Relations
Read moreIt is not surprising that the new era of Christian–Jewish relations was pioneered by the more liberal trends within the two faith…
Martin Buber’s Sweet Sacrament of Dialogue
Read moreMartin Buber (1878-1965) stands among the most significant philosophers of the 20th century. While many studies have attempted to summarize…
Elie Wiesel as Theologian
Read morePlease let me begin by commenting on what Jean Duchesne has just quoted from Cardinal Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger. Lustiger held that there are…
Reconciliation in Judaism and Christianity. A Catholic Persepective
Read moreLecture given at ICCJ's conference in Budapest ("Towards Reconciliation in a Broken World: Jewish and Christian Contributions to Responsible…
The Pope and the Rabbi
Read moreOften, direct person-to-person communication will achieve better results than all formal utterances “about” an issue. This seems to have…