Open AccessRepenting for Antisemitism: “To Elevate Evil into a State of Goodness”
Author(s) -
Katharina von Kellenbach
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
studies in christian-jewish relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1930-3777
DOI - 10.6017/scjr.v16i1.13325
Subject(s) - contempt , antisemitism , hatred , context (archaeology) , theology , repentance , religious studies , ideology , philosophy , judaism , state (computer science) , sociology , law , political science , history , politics , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
This article explains the benefits of repentance over reconciliation especially in the context of enduring ideologies of contempt and habits of supremacy, such as Christian Jew-hatred. In the second part, the theological proposals of two theological associations, the Christian Scholars Group and the Society of Post-Supersessionist Theology, which were founded to repent for theological anti-Judaism, are examined. Using Paul’s covenantal metaphor of the olive tree in Romans 11, the author evaluates different covenantal proposals to overcome supersessionism in light of the biology of grafting.