The Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish RelationsThe Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations
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Photos by Alice Eckardt
The Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations is composed of Christian scholars who are aware that they are studying sensitive issues of significant religious import. They acknowledge with sorrow and shame the church's tragic legacy of anti-Judaism, and seek to use their scholarship to reclaim or reconceive elements of Christian theology and practice that offer a more adequate representation of its relationship to Judaism and the Jewish people. The purposes of the Christian Scholars Group are:
To foster scholarship concerning the relation of Christianity to Judaism.
To provide a forum for constructive criticism of work-in-progress on this relationship.
To engage in collaborative projects that might also serve as a resource for others concerned with Christian-Jewish relations.
To discuss recent literature and directions in Christian-Jewish studies.
To encourage colleagues in their own and allied fields to consider how the relationship of Christianity to Judaism may impinge upon their work:
To assist the churches in reconsidering and reformulating their teaching regarding Jews and Judaism, and the Christian-Jewish relationship.
To engage with Jewish scholars in mutual study and discussion.
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Norman Beck, Celia Deutsch Walter Harrelson, Alice Eckardt | ||
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October, 1990 | ||
revised November 5, 2002
Members of the Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations are:
Elected to renewable five-year terms by consensus of the full membership.
Currently active in the field as professors and/or publishing authors.
Involved in ongoing discussion with Jewish as well as Christian scholars.
Concerned to have their scholarship make an impact on Christian life and thought.
Open to opportunities to move their concerns into other arenas (e.g., professional associations, academic and ecclesiastical institutions, interfaith organizations and institutes).
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Structure
The CSG membership elects a Chair by majority vote to a three-year term. The Chair appoints a Membership Committee chair and a Program Committee chair, together the three chairs comprise the Executive Committee.
The Membership Committee is composed of three members appointed by the CSG Chair. They serve terms of three years, and work collaboratively with the CSG Chair. Any CSG member may submit nominations for membership to this committee, which works by consensus and recommends the election of new members to the full body of the CSG. The Committee also reviews and recommends to the full membership decisions about renewals of memberships.
The Program Committee is composed of three members appointed by the CSG Chair. They serve terms of three years and work collaboratively with the CSG Chair and in consultation with the director of the host institution in setting the agenda for meetings.
Meetings are held semi-annually. Boston College graduate students who are researching topics under discussion may, at the discretion of the CSG Chair, be observers at the pertinent conversations.
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John Pawlikowski, Peter Pettit Philip Cunningham, Franklin Sherman, Eugene Fisher | ||
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April, 2001 | ||
Dr. Norman Beck, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, Texas
Dr. Mary Boys, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, New York, CSG Chair
Dr. Rosann Catalano, Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies, Baltimore, Maryland
Dr. Philip A. Cunningham, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Dr. Celia Deutsch, Barnard College, New York, New York
Dr. Alice L. Eckardt, Lehigh University (emerita), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Dr. Eugene J. Fisher, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Deirdre Good, General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, New York City, New York
Dr. S. Mark Heim, Andover-Newton Theological School, Newton, Massachusetts
Dr. Katharina von Kellenbach, St. Mary?s College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland
Dr. Bj?rn Krondorfer, St. Mary?s College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland
Fr. Michael McGarry, Tantur Ecumenical Institute, Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Esther Menn, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Dr. John C. Merkle, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Dr. John T. Pawlikowski, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Peter Pettit, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Dr. Jean Pierre Ruiz, St. John's University, Queens, New York
Dr. Franklin Sherman, Muhlenberg College (emeritus), Allentown, Pennsylvania
Dr. Joann Spillman, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri
Dr. Karla Suomala, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
Dr. John Townsend, Episcopal Divinity School (emeritus), Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dr. Joseph Tyson, Southern Methodist University (emeritus), Dallas, Texas
Dr. Clark Williamson, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, Indiana
