Overview
Explores how Nostra Aetate can influence inter-religious dialogue and understanding in the modern world
Highlights the declaration’s difficult historical and social context and the evolution of the Church’s relationship with non-Christians
Is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers in the fields of political science, international relations, religion, and minority studies
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Nostra Aetate: Historical and Social Context
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Nostra Aetate: Relationship with the Jewish People
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Nostra Aetate: Relationship with Islam and Eastern Christians
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Nostra Aetate and Other Christian Churches
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Nostra Aetate and Eastern Religions: Hinduism and Buddhism
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About this book
This book explores how Nostra Aetate, the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions of the Second Vatican Council, can influence inter-religious dialogue and understanding in the modern world. Although influential in religious, academic, and scholarly circles, it is relatively unknown outside these areas. The contributors remedy that deficit by highlighting the declaration’s difficult historical and social context and the Church’s evolving relationship with non-Christians.
Contentious topics are examined such as the link between the Jewish people and the land and state of Israel, that questions the Catholic understanding of the relativity of national borders and identity, and the challenges posed to the Church’s relationship with Islam by its prioritization of human rights and religious freedom for Christians and minorities in certain Muslim regimes.Given its scope, it is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers in the fields of political science, international relations, religion, and minority studies.
Reviews
“This collection of new studies provides a deeper understanding of the genesis of this Declaration, of its important statements on Judaism and Islam, and of its continuing relevance in our multi-cultural and multi-religious world.” (Michael L. Fitzgerald, Islamochristiana, Vol. 46, 2020)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nostra Aetate, Non-Christian Religions, and Interfaith Relations
Editors: Kail C. Ellis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54008-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54007-4Published: 02 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54010-4Published: 03 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-54008-1Published: 01 October 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 332
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Politics and Religion, Middle Eastern Politics, Regionalism