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{"title":"A Call to All the Earth","authors":"Leonard Swidler","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2022.a914310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2022.a914310","url":null,"abstract":"<span><span>In lieu of</span> an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:</span>\u0000<p> <ul> <li><!-- html_title --> A Call to All the Earth <!-- /html_title --></li> <li> Leonard Swidler </li> </ul> <p><strong>T</strong>he Parliament of the World’s Religions at its November, 2018, gathering in Toronto added a Fifth Principle to its “Declaration toward a Global Ethic,” making explicit the universal commitment of all peoples to cherish and foster the earthly environment within which we all live. Although this principle was already implicit in the 1993 Declaration by the Parliament of World’s Religions, it was rightly felt vital that today it be made explicit. It is now everywhere “in the air”—healthy or not! Although this declaration calls upon all persons, it is especially directed toward religious persons. Besides all the political and private initiatives urging the fostering of the Earth where we all live, doubtless the most significant religious voice in this direction was that of Pope Francis and his encyclical on the environment, <em>Laudato si’</em>.<sup>1</sup></p> <p>Francis in this encyclical issued a charter document for all peoples of the world, including not only Christians and those of all other religions but also humanists, agnostics, and atheists—of wisdom, vision, challenge with a richness of scientific acumen and human sagacity, pointing the way for us to follow in engaging in deep interreligious, intercultural learning, dialogue, and action about our one home of all, Mother Earth. We are all connected, and <em>we</em> all must care for everyone, especially the poor and marginalized.</p> <p>Francis’s circular letter (in Greek, “encyclical”) is meant to encircle the whole Earth and everyone on it. In a way, like his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, he was also addressing not only us humans but also all the animals, as well as Sister Water and Brother Wind. In the midst of its abundance of <strong>[End Page 599]</strong> sage wisdom, deep philosophical insight, and manifold knowledge about scientific matters, I find two main themes running throughout the entirety of <em>Laudato si</em>: the fundamental need for multiple and constant dialogue, and that everybody and everything is connected. From the very beginning of his time as pope, Francis spoke of dialogue. For example, he said to the youth of Latin America that, if there is a problem, “Dialogue, dialogue, dialogue!” In the 40,000+ words of <em>Laudato si’</em>, Francis used the term “dialogue” twenty-five times. Already at the very beginning of this document, he wrote, “I would like to enter into dialogue with all people about our common home” (no. 3).</p> <p>This is a very important sentence, for in it he signals that he is not going to simply state information and give marching orders but wants to engage in a dialogue; that is, in this text he listened to the laid-out scientific facts as carefully and critically as he could and invited his readers to do the same with hi","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"240 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From Confrontation to Covenantal Partnership: Jews and Christians Reflect on the Orthodox Rabbinic Statement of \"To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven\" ed. by Jehoschua Ahrens, Irving Greenberg and Eugene Korn (review)","authors":"Zev Garber","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2022.a914313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2022.a914313","url":null,"abstract":"<span><span>In lieu of</span> an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:</span>\u0000<p> <span>Reviewed by:</span> <ul> <li><!-- html_title --> <em>From Confrontation to Covenantal Partnership: Jews and Christians Reflect on the Orthodox Rabbinic Statement of “To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven”</em> ed. by Jehoschua Ahrens, Irving Greenberg and Eugene Korn <!-- /html_title --></li> <li> Zev Garber </li> </ul> <em>From Confrontation to Covenantal Partnership: Jews and Christians Reflect on the Orthodox Rabbinic Statement of “To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven.”</em> Edited by Jehoschua Ahrens, Irving Greenberg, and Eugene Korn. Jerusalem and New York: Urim Publications, 2021. Pp. 302. $25.00. <p>This book is an emotive and critical reflection by Jewish and Christian clergy and academics on <em>To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven</em> (<em>TDW</em>), which was published in December, 2015. The statement contains seven paragraphs (pp. 11–14) and represents the first collective Orthodox Jewish response on the nature of Jewish-Catholic (and, by extension, Jewish-Christian) relations since the Roman Catholic Church changed its official teachings on Jews and Judaism in the passage of <em>Nostra aetate</em> at Vatican II in 1965 and subsequent documents, including <em>We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah</em> (1998), a document ten years in the making in which for the first time the Catholic Church correctly used “<em>Shoah</em>” (catastrophic annihilation, for example, in Is. 10:3) instead of “Holocaust” (sacrificial burnt offering) to describe the Judeocide of World War II; <em>The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible</em> (2001); and <em>The Gifts and the Calling of God Are Irrevocable (Rom. 11:29)</em> (2015).</p> <p>Among the innovative Catholic teachings and outreach to the Jews prevalent in these documents are the condemnation of nearly two millennia of Christian preaching tolerance regarding acts of Antisemitism and anti-Judaism; remembrance of the <em>Shoah</em> and the church’s blame and responsibility; rejection of Jewish deicide charges, supersessionism, and overt Jewish conversion outreach; <strong>[End Page 609]</strong> emphasis on the unique cultural and spiritual relationship between Jews and Christians in faith; and the acceptance of the sovereign State of Israel. The book’s title is meant to present the ways in which an international cadre of Orthodox rabbinical luminaries feel religiously obligated to respond to the Catholic Church’s acknowledgement that the Torah is the eternal Covenant between God and Israel (passage 3) and confirmation of “Israel’s unique role in sacred history and the ultimate world redemption” (para. 2).</p> <p>The agenda of the editors and the invited contributors to probe the changing view of Jews and Judaism living with and among Christians for almost 2,000 years is distinguished by a dual accomplishment. First, it provides extensive critical discussion of signific","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pastoral Theology and the Little Goodness: Rejoice and Be Glad with the Voice of Song","authors":"Glenn Morrison","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2022.a914307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2022.a914307","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>precis:</p><p>The essay aims to develop the nature of pastoral theology through orienting the Christian life of faith through a Jewish sense of otherness as the little goodness. In particular, together Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation, <i>Gaudete et exsultate</i> (Rejoice and Be Glad), and Emmanuel Levinas’s ethical metaphysics will be a significant inspiration. Perseverance through adversity in the hope of joy and gladness is both a Jewish and a Christian biblical theme giving light to the mysteries and practice of faith. There is much to reflect about holiness and the mystery of God that Christians can learn from Jewish experience, thought, and writings. In pursuit of care for others, God’s presence in the Other reveals an invincible little goodness evidencing a paschal and maternal character. Here, in the unity of prayer and responsibility, the voice and song of a Good Shepherd comes to mind, with stories of faith that impart hope for a little goodness to stir and bless life with joy and gladness from the heart.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"171 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith ed. by Craig A. Evans and David Mishkin (review)","authors":"Nathan Maroney","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2022.a914315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2022.a914315","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;In lieu of&lt;/span&gt; an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:&lt;/span&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;Reviewed by:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;!-- html_title --&gt; &lt;em&gt;A Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith&lt;/em&gt; ed. by Craig A. Evans and David Mishkin &lt;!-- /html_title --&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; Nathan Maroney &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;em&gt;A Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith&lt;/em&gt;. Edited by Craig A. Evans and David Mishkin. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2019. Pp. 376. $24.95, paper. &lt;p&gt;“Jesus was a Jew!?” This was the response from a teenager to a recent sermon of mine. Certainly, the public can benefit from a greater understanding of the Jewish roots of Christianity. The same is true in academia as well—a problem that Evans and Mishkin attempt to address in this book. Evans writes from Texas, and Mishkin Israel, as do many of the chapter authors. The editors seek to go beyond merely examining Christianity’s origin out of Judaism to look at how it grew in a specifically Jewish way and how the Second Testament documents can themselves “be understood as Jewish” (p. 1). Mishkin writes in the introduction, “By ‘roots’ we were referring not only to background information but also to an ongoing interconnectedness that remains relevant today” (p. 1). &lt;strong&gt;[End Page 613]&lt;/strong&gt; The book examines both vertical ecumenism (how Judaism is Christianity’s parent religion) and horizontal ecumenism (how the two have interacted throughout history). This horizontal ecumenism is addressed, for instance, in section 4.8 and the entirety of section 5. The volume consists of five sections, with multiple authors contributing articles to each section.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The first section is “Textual Roots.” The book gets off to a bit of a slow start with an article on the Greek manuscripts of the Gospels. While helpful, it does not really relate to the theme of the Jewish roots of the Gospels. The rest of this section explores parallels between the Gospels and the Dead Sea Scrolls and rabbinic literature.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sections 2–4 examine the Jewish “Intertextual,” “Narrative,” and “Theological” roots of the Gospels. Much of this material examines references to the Hebrew Bible in the Gospels. While this has been much discussed in prior literature, some new research is contributed. Seth Postell’s contribution (article 2.4) particularly stands out. He was a student of the late Hebrew Bible scholar John Sailhamer. With much experience in tracing the reuse of scripture within the Hebrew Bible, Postell examines the Gospel of Matthew and how it traces Moses’ themes in its depiction of Jesus.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Jim R. Sibley includes in his contribution a quote that illustrates the point of noticing such connections, namely, that the concern of the Second Testament’s authors was to demonstrate the essentially Jewish character of Jesus and his mission (p. 275). The Second Testament claims to represent a genre or fulfillment of Judaism; that is, it claims to represent what is true Judaism.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Since the","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Nun in the Synagogue: Judeocentric Catholicism in Israel by Emma O'Donnell Polyakov (review)","authors":"Zev Garber","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2022.a914314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2022.a914314","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;In lieu of&lt;/span&gt; an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:&lt;/span&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;Reviewed by:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;!-- html_title --&gt; &lt;em&gt;The Nun in the Synagogue: Judeocentric Catholicism in Israel&lt;/em&gt; by Emma O’Donnell Polyakov &lt;!-- /html_title --&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; Zev Garber &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; Emma O’Donnell Polyakov, &lt;em&gt;The Nun in the Synagogue: Judeocentric Catholicism in Israel&lt;/em&gt;. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020. Pp. 230. $84.95, cloth; $29.95, paper. &lt;p&gt;At first glance, this volume by Merrimack College professor Polyakov appears to be a straightforward historical and ethnographic account of philosemitism as exhibited by a dedicated cadre of nuns, priests, and monks living in the State of Israel. The group are primarily Jewish survivors of the &lt;em&gt;Shoah&lt;/em&gt; who have converted to Catholicism and gentile Catholics who are dedicated to &lt;strong&gt;[End Page 611]&lt;/strong&gt; confront centuries-old anti-Jewish beliefs, practices, and theology inherent in the church and practiced in Christendom. However, what she calls “Judeocentric Catholicism” mirrors neither “Messianic Judaism” nor “Jewish Catholicism.” The former exhibits bilateral ecclesiology, Jewish and non-Jewish; the latter insists on the acceptance of a global &lt;em&gt;Ekklesia&lt;/em&gt; defined by the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church that sees theological significance in the emergence of a Jewish corporate entity that contributes to the reconciliation between Yeshua and his people.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Jewish Catholicism sees a limitation in Messianic Judaism that insists that Jewish believers remain and live Jewishly in accordance with tenets of Torah teaching and selected rabbinic tradition. Jewish Catholicism vigorously presents that Jesus is the messianic fulfillment of Torah faithfulness, which does not “gentilize” Jewish believers but enforces their distinctive discipleship as Jews. Thus, in the quest for good and justice in these downtrodden times, seek the message of the Torah echoed in the message of Jesus: “Love your God with all your heart, soul, mind and your neighbor as yourself” (Mt. 22:34–40; Mk. 12:28–34; Lk. 10:25–28). Polyakov’s chapters introduce, define, and understand Judeocentric Catholicism in strictly Jewish terms, and the narrative is retrofitted with primary, secondary, and archival sources. Further, the author’s ability to posit the concern and thought of clerical Catholics living &lt;em&gt;imitateo Judaeorum&lt;/em&gt; in contemporary historical focus is laudable.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;These chapters are a case study of Catholic clergy living on the border between Catholicism and Judaism, whose perceptions of Jews, Judaism, and the State of Israel are greatly influenced by living as a Christian minority in a vibrant Jewish commonwealth. Polyakov listens to and analyzes the stories of individuals choosing to live a Catholic life and tradition within Judaism’s centrifugal teaching of &lt;em&gt;tikkun `olam&lt;/em&gt; (repairing the world). That includes sensing the presence of God in","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"216 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nicholas Afanasiev's Concept of Eucharistic Ecclesiology and Its Theological Impact","authors":"Daniel Kisliakov","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2022.a914305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2022.a914305","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>precis:</p><p>A productive area of scholarship of the Russian Religious Renaissance is the reconsideration of the “two schools” dichotomy that has been broadly thought of as an explanation of its development. A better way to approach its study, however, is in a comprehensive way capturing critical details that escape the attention of crude categorizations. An aspect in which this is relevant is the development of the notion of eucharistic ecclesiology. Coined by Nicholas Afanasiev, it was an effort to reveal the eucharistic nature of unity in the church and, as such, its Christ-centeredness. In so doing, he effected a change in how the unity of the church is conceived. Afanasiev had a profound impact on the role of the Orthodox Church in the ecumenical movement. Highlighting this revives knowledge of the development of eucharistic ecclesiology in the modern Orthodox Church. Among Afanasiev’s contemporaries, Paul Evdokimov was influenced by this, adapting it to real-life situations in which knowledge of the centrality of the eucharist was relevant. In an ecumenical setting, the study of Afanasiev and Evdokimov offers the prospect of theological development in the present and the promise of the revival of productive engagement that has been beset by problems in recent decades.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"200 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Discerning Religion's Holistic Character and Ecumenical Capability in a Pluralistic Society: The Potential Contribution of the Integral Theory","authors":"Julius-Kei Kato","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2022.a914306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2022.a914306","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>precis:</p><p>What is the role that religion (or its inner discourse known as “theology”) can play in modern secular societies that are characterized by pluralism and diversity? Does it still have a legitimate presence that could be a force for good, especially to further peace and harmony in our globalized world? This essay endeavors to respond to these urgent questions by proposing a concrete discernment tool, something that would act like a conceptual map of what is proposed as the ideal, most holistic kind of religion-spirituality that could make a valuable contribution even to pluralistic societies, one that is envisioned to be more comprehensive, inclusive, and complete; one that can be described as truly “ecumenical” and “without walls”; one that is able to include and embrace the whole world with all its diversity. The discernment tool/conceptual map recommended here is the “Integral Theory.” This essay suggests that the Integral Theory as a whole and its key components carry a promising potential to discern forms of religion, theology, and spirituality as to their holistic and integral character. It also provides key insights on how a particular religious tradition or spirituality could move toward a greater wholeness and ecumenical capability and thus be a true force for good in today’s pluralistic and diverse world.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interreligious Studies: An Introduction by Rachel S. Mikva (review)","authors":"Zev Garber","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2022.a914311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2022.a914311","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;In lieu of&lt;/span&gt; an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:&lt;/span&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;Reviewed by:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;!-- html_title --&gt; &lt;em&gt;Interreligious Studies: An Introduction&lt;/em&gt; by Rachel S. Mikva &lt;!-- /html_title --&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; Zev Garber &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; Rachel S. Mikva, &lt;em&gt;Interreligious Studies: An Introduction&lt;/em&gt;. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. 356. $34.99, paper. &lt;p&gt;The emerging field of interreligious studies suggests the central role that religion and religious responses play in religious conflicts, large and small, within our religiously plural world. In the tradition of Hans Gustafson, ed., &lt;em&gt;Interreligious Studies: Dispatches from an Emerging Field&lt;/em&gt; (Baylor University Press, 2020); and Eboo Patel, Jennifer Howe Peace, and Noah Silverman, eds., &lt;em&gt;Inter-religious/Interfaith Studies: Defining a New Field&lt;/em&gt; (Beacon Press, 2018), Mikva offers her analysis of the emerging field of interreligious studies: “The field of Interreligious Studies . . . entails critical analysis of the dynamic encounters— historical and contemporary, intentional and unintentional, embodied and imagined, congenial and conflictual—of individuals and communities who orient around religion differently. It investigates the complex of personal, interpersonal, institutional, and societal implications” (p. 320).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Subtopics of various length are scrupulously presented: introduction, annotation (relevant references, analytic discussion, glossary, case summaries, and footnotes), translation (English from the original tongues), and detailed bibliography. Mikva proposes a setting marked by the collaboration of literary and sacred selections from Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Atheism, Bahai, Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Humanism, Ifá, Jainism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Unitarianism, Wicca, Zoroastrianism, and more, pertaining to ancient culture viewed as the “formal” religion of functionaries and the “popular” religion representing the great mass of the people. Abounding with sacred writings, contextual readings, and historical resources, the book explores the ethical, philosophical, and theological foundations of monotheistic and nonmonotheistic faiths that yield religion’s trend of individuality and support of pluralism. &lt;strong&gt;[End Page 605]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mikva’s objectives are to provide critical issues that are central/pivotal in religion; to present the necessary textual and interpretive tools to read and appreciate their indispensable value in the formation of centuries-old religion’s belief, culture, and practice; to introduce the importance of exterior material in rationally comprehending a religion’s sacred ways and writings; and to combine a variety of genres to appreciate a religion’s cultural uniqueness and commonality with neighboring groups and lands—for example, biblical Israel and Ammonites, Edomites, and Moabites in Transjordan; Philistines and Phoenicians on the Mediterranean coast; Assyria, Baby","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Speaking In-Between: Vernacular Spirituality of a Woman in Late Chosǒn Korea","authors":"So Jung Kim","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2022.a914308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2022.a914308","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>precis:</p><p>This essay presents a transcultural and transhistorical case that exhibits the impact of everyday language use in the practice of Christian spirituality, which stems from the biblical <i>sermo humilis</i> of late antiquity Christians, across and throughout the history of Christian mission and evangelism. In the specific case of Yi Suni, a Korean female martyr, I argue, this manner of <i>sermo humilis</i> kindles such Spirit-led influence in a mission field without a Western missionary’s intervention, as the Christian message spreads through the raw language of ordinary people. Even though there has been some research on Yi Suni’s in-between identity as an ordinary Confucian woman and a Catholic individual subject, there has not been enough attention to how her manner of speech in her letters reflects her struggles in the liminal space of her transcultural context. Her letters written in the real voice of Korean vernacular <i>ǒnmun</i> exhibit the rawness of the impact of the appropriated Catholicism in the everyday life of a Korean Confucian woman and her family. This rawness of her language, along with the core biblical message, I suggest, is the hallmark of Christian spirituality that Yi Suni revealed without direct influence from any Western missionary.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"99 2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Luke: Illuminating the Sage of Galilee by Kenneth L. Hanson (review)","authors":"Zev Garber","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2022.a914312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2022.a914312","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;In lieu of&lt;/span&gt; an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:&lt;/span&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;Reviewed by:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;!-- html_title --&gt; &lt;em&gt;Luke: Illuminating the Sage of Galilee&lt;/em&gt; by Kenneth L. Hanson &lt;!-- /html_title --&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; Zev Garber &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; Kenneth L. Hanson, &lt;em&gt;Luke: Illuminating the Sage of Galilee&lt;/em&gt;. Denver, CO: GCRR Press (imprint of the Global Center for Religious Research), 2022. Pp. 248. $38.00. &lt;p&gt;Hanson (University of Central Florida) tackles issues of composition, interpretation, and scriptural message of the Gospel of Luke in an unusual way. His methodology to help the reader access teachings and meanings of passages in the Synoptic Gospels follows more or less the standard Hebrew Scriptures approach: introduction, analysis, and commentary that draws out its main themes and comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. He engages categories of Hebrew Scriptures, rabbinic sources (Mishna, Talmud, Midrash, Targum), and Dead Sea Scrolls to complement and/or contrast episodes, religious belief and practice, and ideologies projected primarily in Luke. Positing, identifying, and defending a Hebrew style of philosophy, ritualism, and argumentation in Luke, he compares and contrasts the &lt;em&gt;Weltanschauung&lt;/em&gt; of the third Gospel with comparable Synoptic and Pauline parallels and, where relevant, with Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Hellenism.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The tightly argued chapters and abundant footnotes (some repetitive to avoid seeking the original notation) cover history, geography, culture, language, literature, personalities, philosophy, and religion—in short, Hebraic epistemology, &lt;strong&gt;[End Page 607]&lt;/strong&gt; argumentative narrative, ritualistic belief and practice independent of Hellenistic intellectualism.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Traditional Christian teaching on the Gospel of Luke instructs that the life, teaching, and death of Jesus is a central message of universal salvation addressed to all people. According to tradition, at the close of the second century, based on the authority of St. Irenaeus and Tertullian, Luke-Acts has been attributed to Luke, a physician who accompanied Paul in his missionary journeys from Troas to Philippi (Acts 16:10–17) and from Philippi to Jerusalem (Acts 20:5–12), and went with him to Rome, where he stayed during his captivity (Col. 4:14; 2 Tim. 4:11). Most modern scholars are of the opinion that Luke’s Gospel is composed of two main sources, Mark and the so-called “Q,” while material unique to Luke called “L” and the Birth stories (chaps. 1–2) are attributed to a Jewish-Christian source. Additionally, some have proposed that the Synoptic Luke is an original “Proto-Luke” consisting of “L” and “Q,” to which a later editor added sections of Mark, while the Passion Narrative is said to be derived from an independent source.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For the most part, Hanson’s hypothetical evolution of Luke within the Synoptics agrees with contemporary scholarship (Anthological Text, Reconstr","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"106 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138690636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}