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The work of OCDJ is proceeding on the basis of regular online seminar discussions by Orthodox Christian theologians in consultation with our Jewish and ecumenical Christian partners.
Please get in touch (info@ocdj.net) if you would like to be involved and would like the Zoom link for these online seminars.
In the autumn of 2023, we held a series of seminars to review aspects of the work in Christian-Jewish dialogue and theological reflection of the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches, considering how the process and shape of this work may inform our own Orthodox Christian consideration of similar issues and themes.
We reviewed God's Unfailing Word, written by the Faith and Order Commission of the Church of England
To see the video of this seminar, please contact info@ocdj.net
We reviewed Preaching and Teaching
“With Love and Respect
for the Jewish People”, written by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
To see the video of this seminar, please contact info@ocdj.net
We reviewed documents from Catholic-Jewish encounter and dialogue, including the watershed Nostra Aetate, a section from Lumen Gentium, and the 2015 document, “A Reflection on Theological Questions Pertaining to Catholic-Jewish Relations on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate.”
To see the video of this seminar, please contact info@ocdj.net
On Saturday 3 February 2024, we held a public presentation and discussion of the motivations, paths forward, and aspirations of our project, led by several members of our steering committee, including:
In the next phase of our consultations, we gave critical consideration to the contributions and legacy of key figures in Christian-Jewish dialogue over the last century.
With our guest Dr Norman Tobias, we reviewed the work and legacy of the Jewish historian Jules Isaac (1877-1963) who played a decisive role in Jewish-Christian relations after the Second World War and continues to exert influence today
To see the video of this seminar, please contact info@ocdj.net
Led by Fr John Jillions, we reviewed the work and legacy of Father Lev Gillet (1893-1980), the French Orthodox Christian priest whose prophetic book Communion in the Messiah, written in 1941, presents ongoing theological and ecclesiological challenges
To see the video of this seminar, please contact info@ocdj.net
Led by Rivka Karplus, we reviewed the work and legacy of Cardinal Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926-2007), the “Jewish Cardinal,” whose determination to hold to his Jewish identity as a follower of Jesus has profoundly influenced theological reflection on the Jewish heart of the Christian Church
To see the video of this seminar, please contact info@ocdj.net
In early June we will present our work to date at the Orthodox Theological Society in America’s annual meeting at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. The panel presentation will take place in the morning of Saturday 10 June.
Later that month, a workshop at the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) 2024 conference in Salzburg, Austria, will discuss the work of the OCDJ so far.
Our working seminars will resume in autumn 2024. Watch this space for more details soon.
Orthodox Christians in Dialogue with Jews is a project and working group of the Orthodox Theological Society in America (OTSA).
For more information please contact info@ocdj.net
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