Liturgical Issues in Christian-Jewish Relations

June 10-11, 2001

The Center's second invitational scholarly conference was held on June 10-11, 2001.  It explored how our liturgies can shape attitudes toward the Jewish or Christian "other."  The conference first examined the current theological stances of Christians and Jews toward one another and then proceeded to study the degree to which these theologies are embodied liturgically. This was done through responses given to prepared draft reflection papers that stimulated conversation on the relevant questions. Participants then divided into "faith-alike" groups of Catholics, Jews, and Protestants to discuss how the liturgical issues vis-à-vis Christian-Jewish relations would need to be addressed within their particular tradition.  Click on the links to the right for summaries of the different segments of the conference. These are not transcripts of all the papers or conversations, but synthetic abstracts that aim to present concisely the most salient points.

Click below for summaries: »Theological Stances Toward the Christian or Jewish "Other" » Liturgy and Attitudes Toward the Christian or Jewish "Other"  » Concluding reports from faith-alike groups

Audrey Doetzel, Eileen Schuller, Liam Tracey, and James Bernauer consider the remarks being made by John Pawlikowski.

Charles Arian, Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies

James Bernauer, Boston College

Ben Birnbaum, Boston College

Debra Reed Blank, Jewish Theological Seminary, NY

Mary Boys, SNJM, Union Theological Seminary, NY

Rosann Catalano, Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies

John Clabeaux, St. John’s Seminary College

Christopher Coyne, St. John's Seminary College

Philip A. Cunningham, Boston College

Donald Dietrich, Boston College

Audrey Doetzel, NDS, Christian Jewish Relation and Encounter

Eugene Fisher, National Conference of Catholic Bishops

Lawrence Frizzell, Seton Hall University

David Gordis, Hebrew College

Michael Greenwald, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Frank Henderson, Newman Theological & St. Stephen’s Colleges

Robin M. Jensen, Andover-Newton Theological School

Yoel Kahn, Graduate Theological Union - Berkeley

Thomas Kane, CSP, Weston Jesuit School of Theology

Phyllis Kapuscinski, NDS, Christian Jewish Relation & Encounter

Leon Klenicki, Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith

Ruth Langer, Boston College

Sara Lee, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles

Daniel Lehmann, New Jewish High School, Waltham, MA

Christopher Leighton, Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies

Philip J. Mayher, Congregational Church, Weston, MA

David Michael, Brandeis Univ. & Archdiocese of Boston

Bruce Morrill, S.J., Boston College

Padraic O'Hare, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA

George Papademetriou, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

John Pawlikowski, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago

Kathy Richman, Boston College

David Sandmel, Baltimore, MD

Eileen Schuller, OSU, McMaster University

Claudia Setzer, Manhattan College

Daniel Siemiatkowski, Boston College

John Stendahl, Lutheran Church of the Newtons

Naomi Towvim, New Directions in Catholic-Jewish Dialogue

Liam Tracey, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland

Fayette Veverka, Villanova University

Serene Victor, New Directions in Catholic-Jewish Dialogue