Judaism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Confessions of a Rootless Cosmopolitan Jew
I, the grandson of devout Orthodox Jews, am watching my younger daughter being confirmed in the Lutheran…
Reform Judaism: Undone by Revival
In the 1950s, only some forty years ago, the voice of rejoicing and salvation could be heard…
A Rabbi’s Christmas
In order not to raise false hopes in the hearts of those who still have the expectation…
A Protestant Shtetl
Just east of Chattanooga, four miles north of the Georgia state line and six miles up the…
Is Egalitarianism Good for the Jews?
Apall hangs over the American debate about equality. It is becoming difficult for people to speak their…
When Jews Are Christians
I By now it is obvious that in the past twenty-five years or so there has been…
The God of Abraham and the Enemies of “Eurocentrism”
Half a century ago, on March 9, 1940, with the world collapsing into a war that was…
The Unmodern Jew
I I would like to have an answer. . . . If someone will be good enough…
Evangelicals and Politics
The Scattered Voice: Christians at Odds in the Public Square by james w. skillen zondervan, 225 pages…
Editorial: Christian Mission and the Third Millennium
Christianity is an inherently missionary faith. According to the Gospel of Matthew, the last word of the…
Across the Gulf of Faith
Jewish Perspectives on Christianity edited by franz a. rothschild crossroad, 363 pages, $29.50 The interfaith dialogue between…
Judaism and American Public Life: A Symposium
In the half-century now past, the dominant view among American Jews was that religion should be rigorously…
Judaism, Zionism, Messianism: Telling Them Apart
The relation between Judaism, Zionism, and Messianism is one that is often hard for Jews to get…
A Jewish Theological Understanding of Christianity in Our Time
It was in the early 1960s that my late revered teacher, Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel, became the…
Civility and Permissions
Who has been handing out these permission slips?” asks a writer of our acquaintance. He wants to…
