Following the Breadcrumbs: Jesus as Superfluous to Salvation? A Catholic Search
In this personal reflection and analysis, I, as a Catholic theologian, grapple with the haunting theological question of Jewish scholars, David Patterson and David Berger: Is Jesus, for Jews, "superfluous to salvation?" In light of major advances in Christian-Jewish relations and dialogue,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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Studies in Christian-Jewish relations
Year: 2020, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-22 |
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Pluralism
B Christology B uniqueness B Judaism B Interfaith Dialogue |
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| Summary: | In this personal reflection and analysis, I, as a Catholic theologian, grapple with the haunting theological question of Jewish scholars, David Patterson and David Berger: Is Jesus, for Jews, "superfluous to salvation?" In light of major advances in Christian-Jewish relations and dialogue, most recently in the 2015 Vatican document, "The Gifts and Callings Are Irrevocable," I seek to follow and assess where the (theologically rich) breadcrumbs lead me. Context and personal narrative become the first path as I trace how and why I reached their question—and my deep need to try to answer it, amidst a wounded, if not broken Church, still reeling from the child abuse scandal, among other ills. I then turn to Peter Phan's interfaith Christology as presented in The Joys of Religious Pluralism—an important touchstone book—to acknowledge how a change in the papacy from Benedict to Francis can be seen as opening up, if not momentarily avoiding, the over-policing of certain theological pathways. I then return to Berger and Patterson's question in the conclusion which they ask in "fear and trembling." |
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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.v15i1.12119 |