Language:
English
Year of publication:
1994
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
31,1-2 (1994) 123-152
Keywords:
Luther, Martin,
;
Neusner, Jacob,
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism 1945-
;
History
;
Judaism Relations 1945-
;
Christianity
;
Christianity and antisemitism History 1500-
Abstract:
Analyzes Christian theology in general, and Lutheran doctrine in particular, regarding Judaism. Speaks against Christian triumphalism in the past and present, and for mutual recognition of each religion's divine vocation. States that Luther's anti-Judaism was an expression of his personality, in contradiction to his theological teachings at the beginning of the Reformation; he erred late in his life because he was in despair and feared the failure of his reforming movement. His turn to religiously-charged politics caused him to shut off dialogue, abandon reason, and vilify the Jews. 19th-century (mainly German) Protestant theologians depicted Judaism as the antithesis of Christianity. Argues that modern Germanism, and subsequent Nazi paganism, cannot be identified with genuine Lutheranism. Lutheran christological confession does not entail hostility toward Judaism.
Note:
In answer to Jacob Neusner's challenge in the "Journal of Ecumenical Studies" 28, 1991.
URL:
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