Judaism and Catholic Theology

Edited by Bruce D. Marshall and Matthew Tapie

Editorial Board

• Alan Brill, Seton Hall University
• Gavin D’Costa, University of Bristol
• Jennifer Hart Weed, University of New Brunswick
• David Novak, University of Toronto

 

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The Judaism and Catholic Theology series aims to further Catholic theological reflection on Judaism and the Jewish people, for scholars, the lay faithful, and interreligious leaders.

The rationale for this vision is grounded in the call of the Second Vatican Council for Catholic theological studies aiming at a better understanding of the Jewish people and their religion. The Church’s post-conciliar teachings have extended and deepened this call. Indeed, the fathers of the Council taught that mutual respect among Jewish and Catholic communities will be the fruit not only of dialogue but of biblical and theological studies: “[T]his sacred synod wants to foster and recommend that mutual understanding and respect which is the fruit, above all, of biblical and theological studies as well as of fraternal dialogues” (Nostra Aetate 4). Christian and Jewish study of theological matters is, in the vision of the Council, crucial for building and maintaining mutual respect among Jews and Christians.

The Judaism and Catholic Theology series therefore seeks to advance Catholic theological reflection on Jews and Judaism that embraces the fullness of Catholic teaching in a fraternal dialogue with contemporary Jewish theologians. The series features theological reflection on Catholic doctrines on Jews and Judaism, Catholic theologians’ writings on Judaism, and theological reflections on the significance of Jewish thought for Catholic theology today. The series also invites Jewish authors to engage in theological reflection on Judaism and Catholicism, in dialogue with Catholics.

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About the Editors

Bruce D. Marshall

Dr. Bruce D. Marshall is Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. He grew up in Michigan, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, receiving his B.A. from Northwestern University and his M.A.R. and Ph.D. from Yale University. He is the author of Trinity and Truth (Cambridge University Press, 2000) and Christology in Conflict: The Identity of a Saviour in Rahner and Barth (Blackwell, 1987), and editor of Theology and Dialogue: Essays in Conversation with George Lindbeck (University of Notre Dame Press, 1990). Professor Marshall is a founding member of the Academy of Catholic Theology, of which he served as President in 2008-9. He has been a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, a Pew Evangelical Scholars fellow, and was recently awarded a Ford Senior Research Fellowship by Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of Nova et Vetera (English edition) and Pro Ecclesia.

Matthew Tapie

Dr. Matthew Tapie is Associate Professor of Theology, and Director of the Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies at Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida. From 2012-2014, Dr. Tapie was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology at The Catholic University of America, and was appointed a research fellow at CUA’s Institute for Interreligious Study and Dialogue. He has also taught at Georgetown University, and Loyola University Maryland. As director of the Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies, Dr. Tapie oversees the center’s research fellow program, guest lecturer programs, and interreligious dialogue initiatives. Dr. Tapie is the author of Aquinas on Israel and the Church: A Study of the Question of Supersessionism in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas (Pickwick/Wipf & Stock, 2014), which was the focus of a special session at the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 12, 2016. He is co-editor of Reading Scripture as a Political Act: Essays on the Theopolitical Interpretation of the Bible (Fortress Press, 2015); and The Business of War: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Military-Industrial Complex (Cascade, 2020). Dr. Tapie is a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ dialogue with Modern Orthodox Judaism. He serves on the Advisory Board of the journal, Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations. From 2016-2021, he served on the leadership team of the Catholic Theological Society of America’s Consultation on Judaism and Christianity. In 2016, Dr. Tapie was appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust.