Theologies of the Land and State of Israel: The Role of the Secular in Jewish and Christian Understandings
Christians and Jews have tended to approach theological understandings of Israel through different categorizations of what constitutes appropriate topics for theology. Separation of religious and political realities has been an aspect of Christian culture since the fourth century, but it was never a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations
2008
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Studies in Christian-Jewish relations
Year: 2008, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-17 |
| Further subjects: | B
Dialogue
B Covenant B A Sacred Obligation B Zionism B Dabru Emet B Israel |
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| Summary: | Christians and Jews have tended to approach theological understandings of Israel through different categorizations of what constitutes appropriate topics for theology. Separation of religious and political realities has been an aspect of Christian culture since the fourth century, but it was never a native separation for Judaism. Thus, contemporary Christian theologians have attempted to develop understandings of Jewish relationship to the land that excludes its political aspects. From a Jewish perspective, this amounts to a recasting of Judaism according to a foreign set of values, one that devalues the potential (if not yet actualized) theological meanings inherent in contemporary Jewish sovereignty over its historical homeland. Progress in dialogue about Israel requires confronting this difference directly. |
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| ISSN: | 1930-3777 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian-Jewish relations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.6017/scjr.v3i1.1478 |