Nostra Aetate, Non-Christian Religions, and Interfaith Relations

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: Nostra Aetate and Its Relevance for Today
Part I Nostra Aetate: Historical and Social Context
2 Correcting the Nostra Aetate Legend: The Contested, Minimal, and Almost Failed Effort to Embrace a Tragedy and Amend Christian Attitudes Toward Jews, Muslims, and the Followers of Other Religions
	Introduction
	Correcting the Legend: A Simple Mandate and No More
	Correcting the Legend: For a Constructive View of Muslims
	Correcting the Legend: Pope Paul VI Made Nostra Aetate Possible
	Correcting the Legend: Christian Delegated Observers and Other Guests
	Correcting the Legend: The Insignificance of Two Different Words for Dialogue
	Correcting the Legend: Becoming a Declaration Is Not Downgrading the Status
	Correcting the Legend: Missionaries Expanded Nostra Aetate
	Bringing Nostra Aetate to a Successful Conclusion: One Final Crisis
3 The Ecclesial and Theological Origins of Nostra Aetate and Its Significance for Present and Future Interfaith Engagement
	The Emergence of Nostra Aetate
		Immediate Historical and Ecclesial Context: The Shoah
		Broader Historical and Ecclesial Context: The First Signs of a New Form of Papacy
		The Drafting of the Declaration: Resistance and Growth
	The Post-Vatican II Popes and Nostra Aetate
		Paul VI and Nostra Aetate
		Paul VI on Judaism vis-à-vis Nostra Aetate
		Paul VI on Islam vis-à-vis Nostra Aetate
		John Paul II and Nostra Aetate
		John Paul II on Judaism vis-à-vis Nostra Aetate
		John Paul II on Islam vis-à-vis Nostra Aetate
		Benedict XVI and Nostra Aetate
		Benedict XVI on Judaism vis-à-vis Nostra Aetate
		Benedict XVI on Islam vis-à-vis Nostra Aetate
	Nostra Aetate and the Future of Dialogue
Part II Nostra Aetate: Relationship with the Jewish People
4 Harvest and Horizons: An Appraisal of Nostra Aetate Para. 4
	Transforming Discourse
	Taking Action
	Working Together
	Salvation in Christ
	The Theological Significance of the Land and State of Israel
	Conclusion: What About the Others?
5 Naming the Fellowship Between the Church and the Jewish People at the Second Vatican Council and in Our Time
	The Theological Genesis of Nostra Aetate Paragraph 4
	The Theological Genesis of Lumen Gentium’s Theology of the People of God
	Jews and Christians as People of God: A Reading of Lumen Gentium in Tandem with Nostra Aetate
	Naming and Living the Fellowship in Our Time
		Naming Our Fellowship: A Relation Sui Generis
	Naming Our Fractures and Divisions
	Reframing Theological Dichotomies
	Conclusion
Part III Nostra Aetate: Relationship with Islam and Eastern Christians
6 Catholic Saints and Scholars: Nostra Aetate and Islam
	Nostra Aetate and Islam
	Louis Massignon
	Christian de Chergé
	Conclusion
7 From the Margins to the Center: Exploring Nostra Aetate in the Lives of Charles de Foucauld, Louis Massignon, and Pierre Claverie
	Roots of Nostra Aetate: The Witness of Charles de Foucauld and Louis Massignon
		Courbe de la vie
	De Foucauld’s Witness to Muslims
	Massignon’s Witness to Muslims
	The Second Vatican Council’s Teaching on Dialogue with Muslims
	The Influence of de Foucauld and Massignon on Conciliar Teaching
	Nostra Aetate in the Post-Conciliar Period: The Vocation of Pierre Claverie, “A life Poured Out”69
	Pierre Claverie’s Approach to Dialogue
	Claverie’s Approach to Dialogue: Nostra Aetate and Dignitatis Humanae
	Conclusion
8 The Christian West and the Eastern Patriarchates: Reflections on Nostra Aetate and the World of Islam
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	III
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	VI
9 The Holy See, Islam, and the Role of the Eastern Catholic Patriarchs in Developing Nostra Aetate
	Nostra Aetate’s Statement on Muslims and Islam
	The Origin of Nostra Aetate
	Pioneers of Catholic Scholarship on Islam
	Ecclesiam Suam and Lumen Gentium
	The Pontificates of Benedict XV and Pius XI
	The Dominicans and the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
	Muslim and Eastern Christian Responses to the Council
	The Eastern Catholic Bishops and the Politics of Nostra Aetate
	Paul VI’s Journey to the Holy Land
	The Expansion of Nostra Aetate
	Nostra Aetate and Contemporary Muslim–Christian Relations
	Conclusion
10 Eastern Orthodox Perspectives on Nostra Aetate and Muslim–Christian Relations
	The Dignity of the Human Person
	Freedom
	Peace and Justice
	The Attitude of the Church Toward Discrimination
Part IV Nostra Aetate and Other Christian Churches
11 The Church of England’s and the Responses of the Broader European Protestant Traditions to Nostra Aetate
	Introduction
	Jews, Christians and Muslims: The Way of Dialogue (1988)
	Generous Love (2008)
	God’s Unfailing Word (2019) and the Question of Mission to the Jews
	Conclusion
12 Nostra Aetate and the Christians of the Middle East
	Middle Eastern Christians and Nostra Aetate During Vatican II
	Middle Eastern Christians and Nostra Aetate After Vatican II
	Statements on the Jews
	Statement on Islam
	Theologizing Islam
	Christian-Muslim Dialogue and Collaboration
	The Significance of Nostra Aetate for Theology in the Middle East
13 A Missionary Minefield or Millennial Partnership? American Presbyterians, Catholics, and Jews Before and After Nostra Aetate
	Introduction
	The Roots of American Presbyterian Division and Catholic Relations Before Nostra Aetate
	Millennial Partnership? Post-Vatican II Presbyterian–Jewish Relations
	The Catholic Church on the Israeli State and Jewish Salvation After Nostra Aetate
	Conclusion: A Jewish Response to Nostra Aetate, Fifty Years on
Part V Nostra Aetate and Eastern Religions: Hinduism and Buddhism
14 Catholic Teaching on Hinduism in Nostra Aetate: Phenomenology of Religion and Its Theological Implications in the Case of Hindu Theism
	Introduction
	Nostra Aetate and Hinduism
	Hindu Theism
	Phenomenology of Religion and Its Theological Consequences
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
15 Catholic–Buddhist Relations Since the Close of the Second Vatican Council
	Nostra Aetate and the Theological Value of Religious Differences
	Nostra Aetate and Its Political Consequences
	Nostra Aetate and the Dialogue of Religious Experience
	Conclusion
Index