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Covenant and Hope:Christian and Jewish ReflectionsEssays in ConstructiveTheology fromThe Institute for Theological InquiryRobert W. Jenson & Eugene B. Korn |
Covenant Jewish and Christian religious life is grounded in God’s covenant with Abraham and his descendants as it unfolds over human history. The covenant mediates the daily religious life for Christians and Jews, and their theological, moral and eschatological aspirations. Thus fulfilling God’s covenant as Jews and Christians understand it is the mission of both Jewish and Christian life. In their essays each ITI scholar analyzes his faith’s concept of covenant, how it determines his religious commitments and behavior, and how his covenantal theology shapes his relations with people outside his faith community. Christian scholars examine the implications of Christian covenantal theology for relations with Jews and Judaism, while Jews probe the covenantal implications for Jewish relations with Christians and their faith. |
Hope Conviction in the promise of the messianic era commits Jews and Christians to the belief in the betterment of humanity and moral progress in history. The prophetic vision of messianic redemption obligates Jews and Christians to take responsibility for the human future. Yet facing the massmurder, genocide, nuclear warfare, social injustices and religious violence of the 20th century and the still young 21stcentury discourages any rational belief in human progress.In this volume ITI scholars present their understanding of the possibility of religious hope for the future and how it can be sustained, and to outline the nature of the philosophical and practical responsibility to ensure the improvement of future human life and culture.  |
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The Institute for Theological Inquiry ITI is an ongoing theological enterprise that is a division of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation in Israel. Its American partner is the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton, NJ. The Institute engages world-class theologians to break new theological ground on focused research projects in areas critical to Judaism, Christianity and culture. ITI aims to develop new foundations for Jewish-Christian understanding, as well as spiritual and moral values that can bear on global religious, cultural and political life in the 21st century. ITI intends for its research to utilized as teaching tools in educational settings. Eugene Korn and Robert Jenson serve as co-directors of ITI’s theology projects. |
Covenant and Hope: Table of Contents What Kind of God Can Make A Covenant? Robert W. Jenson Covenant, Mission and Relating to the Other Gerald McDermott Covenant and Mission David Novak Covenant Renewed: Josef Ratzinger, Theologian and Pastor Richard Sklba Three Forms of Otherness Naftali Rothenberg Covenant and Conversion: The United Mission to Redeem the World Shlomo Riskin Judaism, the Political and the Monarchy Michael Wyschogrod |
Israel, Christianity and the Responsibility to History Eugene Korn The Antinomian Threat to Human Flourishing Russell Reno God, Hope and Human Flourishing Miroslav Volf The Assembly with the Promise of God Douglas Knight Messianic Hope Alan Mittleman Moral Agency, Sin, and Grace Darlene Weaver Zionism as Jewish Hope and Responsibility Deborah Weissman Future Challenges for Christians and Jews Robert W. Jenson, |
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