Judaism and Christianity in the Modern World

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue on Judaism and Christianity in the Modern World.

Christian and Jewish religious traditions have faced numerous challenges and dilemmas when encountering the realities of the modern world.  Developments in science, technology, economy, society and politics, effected lives, minds, and norms, and Christian and Jewish thinkers and groups reacted by altering, or defending, details of their faiths and practices. Christian and Jews have often faced similar travails and their reactions had a lot in common. During the period, exchanges between the religious communities have also altered in significant ways.

For this Special Issue of the journal Religions, we invite articles that explore aspects of Judaism and Christianity in the Modern World. They would include comparative studies of Jewish and Christian reactions to the realities of the Modern World, for example the rise of modernist or fundamentalist movements in both traditions, as well as contending with global political and cultural developments, such as the Cold War, de-colonization, movements of social liberation, the Women’s movement, and LGBTQ Liberation.

Other topics of interest are: developments in the Jewish and Christian traditions in connection to, imitation of, or inspiration of each other. What elements in Judaism or Christianity caught the interest of members of the other tradition? For example Christian engagement in Kabbalah, or celebrations of Jewish holidays, and Jewish celebrations of Christian holidays. How have ideas and practices borrowed from non-Abrahamic faiths affected Christian and Jewish communities? For example, Buddhism. We would also welcome essays that examine dialogues and exchanges between representatives and laypersons of the different traditions, both official and non-official, and the emergence of Buddhist-Jews and Buddhist-Christians. How have Jewish and Christian groups and leaders related to Muslim communities and their needs? Likewise, we are interesting in the rise of borderline communities, ideas, and publications that came out of the interactions between the two faiths, for example, communities of Jewish Believers in Jesus.

The purpose of the issue is to shed more light on aspects of Christianity and Judaism in the Modern World that are important for understanding the topic, but, for the most part, have not been at the center of inquiry and publication. Most publications have looked at the traditions separately, or examined Christian attitudes towards Jews and Judaism. I believe that the issue will therefore make a significant contribution to scholarly knowledge and discourse.

Prof. Dr. Yaakov Ariel
Guest Editor

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• Christianity
• Judaism
• modernity
• interfaith relations
• interfaith dialogue
• Holy-Land
• Vatican II
• Eschatology
• Messianic Faith
• Messianic Judaism
• missions
• Borderline religion
• mutual exchanges