Covenant and Hope: Christian and Jewish Reflections - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802867049 ISBN 13: 9780802867049

Publisher: Eerdmans, 2012

Synopsis

Covenant and Hope centers around two main themes in Jewish-Christian dialogue: "Covenant, Mission, and Relation to the Other" and "Hope and Responsibility for the Human Future." In the first section scholars from both faiths analyze the idea of covenant, how it determines their religious commitments, behavior, and theology, and how their covenantal theology shapes their relations with people outside their religious communities. The second section focuses on the foundation for religious hope, how belief in the future can be nourished, and on our practical and philosophic responsibility to work for a better human future.

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About the Authors

Robert W. Jenson (1930–2017) was a senior scholar for research at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey. He was also cofounder and associate director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology and cofounder and coeditor of the journal Pro Ecclesia. He was renowned for his work on ecumenical, systematic, and Trinitarian theology.

Eugene B. Korn is codirector of the Institute for Theological Inquiry and American director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation in Israel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802867049
• ISBN 13: 9780802867049
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 310
• Editor: Jenson Robert W., Korn Eugene