A Jewish Perspective on the Work of the World Council of Churches in Jewish–Christian Relations

The article takes note of the recent re-establishment of relations between the World Council of Churches and the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations, the organized Jewish community’s official representative for international interreligious dialogue. It examines the asymmet...

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Published in:The ecumenical review
Main Author: Polish, Daniel F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2021
In: The ecumenical review
Year: 2021, Volume: 73, Issue: 5, Pages: 786-794
RelBib Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
BH Judaism
KDJ Ecumenism
Further subjects:B Dialogue
B World Council of Churches
B Israeli–Palestinian conflict
B Jewish
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Summary:The article takes note of the recent re-establishment of relations between the World Council of Churches and the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations, the organized Jewish community’s official representative for international interreligious dialogue. It examines the asymmetries between the two bodies and explores the significant features that will pose challenges to that relationship, such as the different natures of the Jewish and Christian communities and the impact of the constituencies of the two organizations on their respective positions on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
ISSN:1758-6623
Contains:Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/erev.12658