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Over fifty years after the Holocaust, Marion Wyse explores interfaith dialogue between the Jewish and Christian communities and attempts to evaluate what goals these communities have reached and where they now stand. While many painful issues have been addressed and Jews and Christians in dialogue have achieved a solid respect for each other, the basic disagreement over the Christian designation of Jesus as the Jewish messiah still stands. Theologians have suggested varying approaches but none convince both parties. This work employs William James’ radical empirical method to show that the original Jewish messianic concept, the Christian shift, and the Jewish repudiation of the shift, can each be seen as valid faith variants.
Price: $119.00
Pages: 264
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Series: Judaism and Jewish Life
Publication Date:
01 July 2009
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781934843475
Format: Hardcover
"Canadian scholar and international business traveler Wyse argues that Christians and Jews can learn to approach the divisive messiah issue fruitfully and positively to advance mutual understanding. She considers the Jewish-Christian dialogue, exploring some christological paths, examining the radical empirical methods, and mapping some variations on the messianic theme."
Marion Wyse is a Professor at the School of Asian Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. She is a multi-University of Toronto graduate, during which time Tyndale published her novel The Prophet and the Prostitute. Her ThD (1998) investigated the history of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue. She taught six years in China's Xiamen University and three in Moscow affiliated with Touro College New York. CrossCurrents published her "Fa Lung Gong and Religious Freedom" in Spring 2000.
Introduction: Confronting the Impasse. Part I: The Impasse. Chapter 1: Entering the Jewish-Christian Dialogue. Introduction: Facing the Past: HaShoah as the Great Divide. A. Present Repentance: Documents of the Church. 1. Roman Catholic Documents. 2. World Council of Churches Documents. 3. Lutheran Documents. 4. Other North American Documents. B. Dialogue as Meta-Framework. C. Initial Christian Attempts to Approach Jesus as Jew. 1. 1965-1974. 2. 1974: Faith and Fratricide. Conclusion. Chapter 2: Exploring Some Christological Paths. Introduction: Urgency of the Question. A. John Pawlikowski: Jesus in the Pharisaic Context. B. Paul Van Buren: Christ in the Jewish Context. C. Rosemary Ruether: Humanity as the Collective Messiah. Conclusion: Still at an Impasse. Part II: A Way Forward. Chapter 3: Examining the Radical Empirical Method. A. Choosing Context as Primary. 1. William James. 2. Alfred North Whitehead. 3. Empirical Theology. B. Bernard Lee's Appropriation of Empiricism. C. Lee's Retrieval of the Hebraic Context: A Critique. Conclusion. Chapter 4: Mapping Some Variations on the Messianic theme. Introduction: Contextualizing Concepts. A. The Jewish Origin and Development of the Messianic Concept. B. The Christian Shift and Development of Messianic Concept. C. The Messianic Concept in Context of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue. 1. Among Jews. 2. Among Christians. Conclusion: A Way Forward? Conclusion: Discerning Paths Past, Present and Future. Bibliography.