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Deep Calls to Deep

Transforming Conversations between Jews and Christians

Deep Calls to Deep

Transforming Conversations between Jews and Christians

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Publisher: SCM Press
ISBN: 9780334055129
Number of Pages: 368
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm

Breaking new ground in Christian - Jewish dialogue Deep Calls to Deep uses a new paradigm, one which is marked by "experiential theology": a theology that addresses and emerges out of day to day lived experience of practising Christians and Jews.

The product of a unique and ground-breaking four year dialogue process - designed, orchestrated and led by Rabbi Tony Bayfield - the book brings together a diverse array of important Christian and Jewish scholars to engage in conversation.

Themes discussed include:

- how do we experience Modern Western culture 

-how Christians and Jews should live in a modern Western democracy

-how Christians and Jews cope with their past

-the legacy of our shared Scriptures

-the question of religious absolutism

-the meaning of respect between people of faith

-Christian particularism

- the land of Israel.

Concluding thoughts by David F. Ford. 

A Dialogical Roadmap Tony Bayfield 1 The Third Dialogue Partner: How Do We Experience Modern Western Culture? 19 Liberating Individuals and Challenging Communities 21 Elli Tikvah Sarah Time, Space and the Possibility of God 36 Stephen Roberts Further Reflections 51 Tony Bayfield 2 How Should Christians and Jews Live in a Modern Western Democracy? 57 Inside Out or Outside In 59 Steve Williams Democracy and Its (My) Jewish Discontents 72 Jeremy Gordon Further Reflections 85 Tony Bayfield 3 How Do We Cope with Our Past? 91 Coming to Terms with the Past: Introduction 93 David Gillett and Michael Hilton ‘The Jews’ in John’s Gospel 95 Michael Hilton William of Norwich and Echoes through the Ages 103 David Gillett Holocaust Memorial Day 119 Michael Hilton and David Gillett Coming to Terms with the Past: Conclusion 128 David Gillett and Michael Hilton Further Reflections 129 Tony Bayfield 4 The Legacy of Our Scriptures 135 Beyond the Wilderness: Transforming Our Readings of Jewish and Christian Scriptures 137 Alexandra Wright Reading Together: Receiving the Legacies of Our Scriptures Today 153 David F. Ford Further Reflections 167 Tony Bayfield 5 Religious Absolutism 173 Rethinking Revelation, Exclusivity, Dialogue and Mission 175 Alan Race A Jewish Theology Embracing Difference 189 Debbie Young-Somers Further Reflections 202 Tony Bayfield 6 What Does Respect between People of Faith Mean? 207 The Heart of How Things Ought to Be 209 Wendy Fidler Negotiating the Complexities of You and Me 222 Joy Barrow Further Reflections 237 Tony Bayfield 7 Christian Particularity 241 Incarnation and Trinity 243 Patrick Morrow Friendship and Respect in the Face of Impenetrable Doctrine 264 Vivian Silverman Morrow, Maimonides and Torah in Translation 270 Natan Levy Response to Patrick Morrow: We Are the Louse in Your Fur 276 Michael Hilton and Victor Seedman Further Reflections 286 Tony Bayfield 8 Jewish Particularism 291 Spying on Israel: Morality of a Promised Land 293 Natan Levy Christians, Jews and the Land 308 Teresa Brittain Further Reflections 320 Tony Bayfield Concluding Thoughts David F. Ford

Tony Bayfield

Rabbi Tony Bayfield is Professor of Jewish Theology and Thought at Leo Baeck College, London. He is a former President of the Movement for Reform Judaism.

"This is a remarkable collection of essays that celebrates the coming together of two traditions, their walking together, and their shared discoveries on a common journey. Inspiring, challenging and thought-provoking, this is one of the wisest and most illuminating books on inter-religious dialogue to have emerged in recent years. This is a book to treasure, study and meditate upon. It has a richness and depth - rooted in authenticity and originality. I warmly commend these essays for individual and for group study, and for all those interested in how different faiths can walk, learn and live together." -- Martyn Percy, Dean, Christ Church, Oxford

"This volume is a remarkable achievement. It is not just a collection of essays but the fruit of several years of inter-religious learning between a group of Christians and Jews. It shows how inter-religious dialogue in the contemporary world can actually develop and progress. The authors draw on the scriptures and traditions we have received in order to engage afresh with one another and with the cultural and political realities of the world we inhabit together. There is much wisdom in this book and I certainly commend it." -- HE Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster

"I can hardly remember a time in my adult life where the need for dialogue has seemed more important than it does today. We must discuss not only what unites us, but engage in meaningful conversation about what divides us as well. Honest, forthright engagement with the Other. Into this context Deep Calls to Deep: Transforming Conversations between Jews and Christians could not be more timely or prescient. Not only the content, but perhaps even more importantly the structure of this provoking work delivers a vision and model for how to enact dialogue between Christians and Jews.” -- Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris, Principal, Leo Baeck College, UK