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Annual Fall Dialogue

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Dr. Mary Boys, S.N.J.M.
Sunday, October 23, 2005

December 7, 2005 marks the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of the Catholic Church's Second Vatican Council. It was this Council, particularly its "Declaration on Non-Christian Religions", Nostra Aetate, that inaugurated a period of dialogue with Jews and began the long process of reconciliation. This lecture will recount the dramatic tale of Nostra Aetate's composition and promulgation, report on its reception by Jews and by other Christian denominations, and analyze the trajectory it launched. What have been the breakthroughs and breakdowns? What are the major issues today? Is there cause for hope?
 
40 Years of Christian-Jewish Dialogue:
Retrospect and Prospect
Beth Tzedec Synagogue 1325 Glenmore Tr. SW 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Dialogue includes refreshments
The Death of Jesus:
Then and Now, Christians and Jews
St. Mary's University College 14500 Bannister Rd. SE 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Reception included
 
Members: $10.00; Non-members: $15.00 Students: $5.00
RSVP by October 19 to: Anna (anytime) 218-5521 Rose-Anne (evenings) 685-5324
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Dr. Mary BoysMary Boys has been Professor of Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary, New York City since 1994. Dr. Boys also serves as an adjunct faculty member of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and Teachers College at Columbia University. Prior to her present appointment, she served for seventeen years on the faculty of Boston College. She is the author of four books: Biblical Interpretation in Religious Education (1980), Educating in Faith: Maps and Visions (1989), Jewish-Christian Dialogue: One Woman's Experience (1997), and Has God Only One Blessing? Judaism as a Source of Christian Self-Understanding (2000). She has also published some seventy articles in books and journals. Dr. Boys received her master's and doctoral degrees from Columbia University in a joint program with Union Theological Seminary, and has done advanced study at the Ecumenical Institute for Theological Research in Jerusalem, Israel. She is also the recipient of the degree Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She has served as visiting Lecturer of Religious Education at Princeton Theological Seminary, Claremont School of Theology, John Carroll University, Villanova University, and St. Mary's College (London, England). She has been a Lilly Research Fellow and is a Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology for 2005. Dr. Boys has been a member since 1965 of the Sisters of the Holy Names, a congregation of Roman Catholic women.

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