{"product_id":"friends-on-the-way-thomas-michel-9780823228126","title":"Friends on the Way: Jesuits Encounter Contemporary Judaism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe largest order of religious in the Roman Catholic Church, the Society of Jesus has been at the forefront of the Church's efforts at dialogue across religions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnderstanding and improving relations between the Church and the Jewish people has been a major focus of the Holy See and the Society of Jesus for many years. This book, the fruit of a major conference on the history, nature, and dynamics of relations between Jesuits and contemporary Jewish life, brings together a rich, wide-ranging selection of essays by Jesuit scholars and pastoral leaders, a leading Jewish studies scholar, and a leading rabbi. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a variety of approaches in historical and constructive theology, literary criticism, and spirituality, the contributors explore historical, philosophical, theological, cultural, and institutional themes--from Ignatian perspectives on Halakhic spirituality and the role played in Jesuit history by Jews forced to convert to Christianity to Jesuit perspectives on Hannah Arendt, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Harold Bloom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Michel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823228126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823228126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Thomas Michel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44583741849855,"sku":"9780823228126","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8461452-76a5-42ab-9f0a-7b89b57d9883.jpg?v=1701883301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/friends-on-the-way-thomas-michel-9780823228126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}