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Defending the Faith: Nineteenth-Century American Jewish Writing on Christianity and Jesus.
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| 著者・編者 | Berlin, George L., |
|---|---|
| シリーズ | (SUNY series in Religious Studies) |
| 出版社 | (State University of New York Press, US) |
| 出版年月 | 1989 |
| ページ数 | 288 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A04-26702＞ |
解説
Deals with nineteenth century American-Jewish perceptions of Christianity and Jesus. While its concern is the centuries-old argument between Christians and Jews, it focuses on the American setting of that argument and shows how American conditions shaped it.
America provided the Jews with a new kind of historical experience. Within a largely welcoming, legally equal society, a new and more positive Jewish perception of Christianity would seem to have been a natural development. However, traditionalists, such as Isaac Leeser, emphasized the differences between the two religions, assuming an outsider stance with regard to American culture. In contrast, Reformists identified the highest ideals of both Christianity and America with Judaism. They portrayed Jesus as a Jew who taught nothing contrasting Jewish belief. To the Reformers, Jews were the Americans par excellence.
This book demonstrates that these Jewish writings on Christianity and Jesus are not a matter of interest so much for their theological content, but more importantly, for their exposition of the struggle within the Jewish community to define its relationship to American culture and society.