Nostra Aetate - In Our Time

VII Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX Mag. Dr. Markus Ladstätter Chapter 1: Nostra Aetate for our time Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 His Excellency Faisal bin Muaammar Opening remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 His Eminence Cardinal Christoph Schönborn Chapter 2: Ecumenical perspectives of Nostra Aetate Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Prof. Patrice Brodeur Orthodox perspectives on ecumenical and interreligious relations after Nostra Aetate . . . . . 19 His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel Nostra Aetate and lessons learned for broader interreligious relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Univ. Prof. Em. Dr. Susanne Heine Anglican responses to Nostra Aetate . . . . . . . . 29 Rev. Mark Poulson Chapter 3: Nostra Aetate and the religions of Abraham Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Prof. Mohammed Abu-Nimer What can Muslims learn from Nostra Aetate ? . . . 39 Dr. Mohammad Sammak The importance of theology in interreligious relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Dr. Seyyed Ata’ollah Mohajerani Jewish-Christian relations since Nostra Aetate . . . . 51 Chief Rabbi David Rosen Living dialogue among the Abrahamic faiths: the prophetic dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Gabriel Chapter 4: Broadening interreligious dialogue and collaboration for our time Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Dr. Hamad Al-Majed The anguish of our human condition – reflections on religious peacemaking . . . . . . . . 69 Swami Agnivesh Liberation and illumination – reflections on creating a culture of dialogue and peace . . . . . . . 75 Rev. Kosho Niwano The Sikh perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Chapter 5: Nostra Aetate – creating a culture of inclusion Nostra Aetate – creating a culture of inclusion . . . 91 His Excellency, Bishop Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, mccj Chapter 6: Nostra Aetate – The Declaration The Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Contents