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VISION STATEMENT
2000
"...As
dialogue experiences continue to clarify and transform motivations, the
interfaith conversation is increasingly expressing itself in relationship
and partnership..."
"...there is a deepening
desire to realize our partnership by bringing the values and teachings of
our 'shared heritage' to the ethical issues and social needs of
today..."
"...The spiritual heritage
shared by Jews and Christians carries with it the possibility of
partnership to help heal and transform the world. Today's social needs -
local, national and global - and the ethical issues rendered increasingly
complex by advances in technology, stand in need of this shared
voice..."
"...Together, Jews and
Christians in a partnership of faith can help humanity to 'Choose
life'
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June 4, 2001
Day of Reflection and Dialogue
The
Advisory Council addressed the issues of
from three perspectives:
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experienced - locally, nationally, globally? Why are we concerned? |
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What can we bring to this as persons of
faith? What values and understandings can we draw on from our Jewish
and Christian faith traditions? |
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As persons of faith, what leadership role
can we play in helping to address these concerns? How can we join
hands in effective partnership? |
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the above links for:
A
Summary
The
CJRE Advisory Council
conversations
on
each issue
Viewpoints
and Perspectives
Christian,
Jewish and Joint Statements on the issues
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"We
must also accept our responsibility to prepare the world for the
coming of the Messiah by working together for social justice,
respect for the rights of persons and nations, and for social and
international reconciliation. To this we are driven, Jews and
Christians, by the common command to love our neighbor, by a common
hope for the Kingdom of God, and by the great heritage of the
Prophets." -
Vatican "Notes", II, 10-11
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"Some
people are afraid of war...I am not afraid of war...I am afraid of
people, because it is they who begin wars. I fear people who put
doctrine, religious or political, before the needs of people, who
talk of love and concern but who see others only as potential
converts to their own way of thinking. These are the people whose
misguided zeal turned the Middle Ages into a byword for fanaticism
and oppression. Even now they are ready to head us back along the
same path to an age made darker still by the gifts of modern science
and technology. Peace itself and the the future of humankind hang
upon the success of the interfaith exercise. Is this too bold a
claim?" Edward
Kessler, 2000 Bea Lecture, London
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In May 2000 the London-
based Millennium
Conference, sponsored by
the Vatican and the World Union for Progressive
Judaism, addressed The Theology of Partnership.
The three-day event
looked at the theology,
the context and the
content of partnership.
How can Jews and
Christians create the theological space
necessary for mutuality
and respect? How can we
then take forward a
common agenda of
concern for
humanity and
the globe - peace
between our faiths
contributing to peace in
the world? What positive
role can religion play in
relationship to
government and society?
What values can Jews
and
Catholics bring to the partnership?
"(Lord
Coggan)
challenged Jews and
Christians to look to the
future and develop a joint mission based
on our
joint heritage of God, the
Judeo-Christian ethic, and
the Sabbath. We can and
must learn from history to
use our joint power to
create that which is
beautiful, just and Holy. Together we must
seek to
bring the Messianic age in
all its fullness. The the
words of the prophet
Micah will be
realized:
'When the nations shall
learn war no more, and
we shall
sit under our own vines and fig trees... And
we will walk in the
name
of the Lord our God
forever.' (Mi 4)" -
Canon
Andrew White
2000
Bea Lecture, London"
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