Contents
Editors’ Note - Pim Valkenberg and Anthony Cirelli
Foreword - Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski
Introduction - John Garvey
Translation of Nostra Aetate - Thomas F. Stransky, CSP
I. Historical and Theological Context
Why Fifty Years after the Promulgation of Nostra Aetate, One More English Translation, My Own? - Thomas F. Stransky, CSP
Nostra Aetate: Historical Contingency and Theological Significance - Pim Valkenberg
Nostra Aetate and Ecumenism - Michael Root
II. Asian Religions
Nostra Aetate and Pope Francis: Reflections on the Next Fifty Years of Catholic Dialogue with Buddhists - James L. Fredericks
Nostra Aetate and the Catholic Way of Openness to Other Religions - Francis X. Clooney, SJ
A Vaishnava Response to Dr. Francis X. Clooney’s Essay, “Nostra Aetate and the Catholic Way of Openness to Other Religions” - Anuttama Dasa
III. Dialogue with Muslims
The Catholic Church in Dialogue with Islam since the Promulgation of Nostra Aetate - Jean-Louis Cardinal Tauran
Response to His Eminence, Cardinal Tauran - Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Muslim Dialogue with the Church after Nostra Aetate - Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Thoughts on Reading Professor Nasr’s “Muslim Dialogue with the Church after Nostra Aetate” - Sidney H. Griffith
Why Muslims Celebrate Nostra Aetate - Sayyid M. Syeed
Response to Dr. Sayyid Syeed’s Essay, “Why Muslims Celebrate Nostra Aetate” - Bishop Denis Madden
A Muslim Reading of Nostra Aetate: Response to Dr. Sayyid Syeed - Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald, MAfr
Reflection on Nostra Aetate - Sayed Hassan Akhlaq Hussaini
IV. Dialogue with Jews
The International Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Jews since Nostra Aetate - Kurt Cardinal Koch
From Enemy to Partner: Toward the Realization of a Partnership between Judaism and Christianity - Rabbi Irving Greenberg
Nostra Aetate and the Church’s Dialogue with Jews: Fifty Years and Forward in the United States - Timothy Cardinal Dolan
From Regret to Acclaim: A Jewish Reaction to Nostra Aetate - Rabbi Noam E. Marans
V. Local Reception in the United States and the Academy
The Narrative Dimensions of Interreligious Dialogue - Larry Golemon
Official Jewish-Catholic Conversations in the United States: Origins, Content, and Future - John W. Crossin, OSFS
Continuing on the Path of Nostra Aetate: A Summary of Recent Developments and Future Possibilities for the Interreligious Dialogues of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops - Anthony Cirelli
The Academic Reception of Nostra Aetate - Pim Valkenberg
Engaging in Dialogue: CADEIO and the Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officer - Judi Longdin
Pursuing Truth in Dialogue - Ann M. Garrido
Conclusion: The Church and World Religions - Very Rev. Mark M. Morozowich
Bibliography
Contributors
Index