Two Conferences Announced in Switzerland

Two conferences will be held in Switzerland in July 2007, commemorating the past and anticipating the future of Christian-Jewish dialogue.

Two Conferences Announced in Switzerland

Two conferences will be held in Switzerland in July 2007, commemorating the past and anticipating the future of Christian-Jewish dialogue.  On 6-7 July, a conference will be held at the Lassalle-Haus in Bad Schönbrunn on the theme "Impulse für die Zukunft des jüdisch-christlichen Dialogs." Lectures will be given by Dr. Christian Rutishauer, S.J. of Lassalle-Haus, Prof. Daniel Boyarin of the University of California at Berkeley, and Prof. Othmar Keel of the University of Fribourg.  On the following day, 8 July, a one-day conference will be held in Seelisberg, marking the 60th anniversary of the issuance of the famous "Ten Points of Seelisberg", one of the first expressions of Christian-Jewish rapprochement after the Second World War.  Lectures will be given on the themes "Die Entstehung des Christentums aus dem Judentum," "Die Wende der christlich-jüdischen Beziehungen in den letzten 40 Jahren," and "Dialogisches Denken: Der Andere in der zeigenössischen jüdischen Philosphie." Greetings will be brought from the Holy See, the International Council of Christians and Jews, and other organizations.

Details of the Bad Schönbrunn conference

Details of the Seelisberg conference