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The shortcoming of purely political discourse between Christians and Jews arises from the fact that it is largely built upon the perception of a common enemy. David Novak

Enemy Political Perception Jews Purely Fact Arises Between Built Discourse Common Common Enemy Largely Christians

All the questions discussed in the Talmud and related rabbinic literature are normative questions: either they are questions of what one is to think or what one is to do. Every prescribed thought has some practical implication; every prescribed act has some theoretical implication. David Novak

Thought Every Think Related Some Implication Practical Talmud Questions Discussed Either Literature Act Theoretical Prescribed

The most important part of the process of mourning is regularly reciting kaddish in a synagogue. Kaddish is a doxology, which Jewish tradition has mandated children to recite daily in a synagogue during the year of mourning for a deceased parent and then on the anniversary of his or her death thereafter. David Novak

Death Daily Important Year Synagogue Recite Reciting Parent Part Anniversary Most Important Part Tradition His Mourning Deceased The Most Important Children Process Which Then Regularly Thereafter Her Jewish

Each person is responsible only for his or her own sins. Even the Christian doctrine of 'original sin' does not mean that humans are punished for the sin of the first human pair but, rather, that humans seem inevitably to copy the sin of the first human pair. David Novak

First Own Christian Punished Responsible Seem Rather Only Sin Doctrine Does Inevitably His Sins Person Human Mean Original Even Each Pair Original Sin Her Humans Copy

The Jewish tradition presents itself as the greatest revelation of God's truth that can be known in the world. That is why we call ourselves 'the chosen people.' It is not that we choose ourselves. It means that we have been elected by God and given the Torah. David Novak

Religious traditions are in a constant state of development and renewed self-understanding. David Novak

State Constant Religious Development Renewed Traditions

Modernity has been largely shaped for Jews by three momentous experiences: the acquisition of citizenship by individual Jews in secular nation-states, the destruction of one-third of Jewry in the Holocaust, and the founding of the State of Israel. David Novak

Destruction Secular Three Jews State Has-Been Citizenship One-Third Individual Shaped Israel Been Experiences Modernity Acquisition Holocaust Momentous Largely Founding

Theological reflection takes place within history, but the history within which it takes place is an ongoing, open-ended process. David Novak

History Reflection Ongoing Takes Open-Ended Within Process Place Which Theological

The theological contacts between Jews and Christians during much of the premodern period are best characterized as disputations. Even when not engaged in face-to-face argumentation, Jews and Christians spoke about each other in essentially disputational terms. David Novak

Best Other Jews Characterized Face-To-Face About Contacts Spoke Between Terms Period Essentially Much Engaged Theological Even Each Christians

In a very real sense, Jews have to believe that Christians have missed the point about how to wait for the end, and Christians have to believe something quite similar about the Jews. David Novak

Wait Sense Believe Jews About Similar Something Point Missed How Real End Very Quite Real Sense Christians

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God. E. Stanley Jones

God Religion Prayer Ourselves Purposes

We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but these mistakes need not be sins. E. Stanley Jones

Best Will Mistakes Too High Obviously Make Limited Making Sins Very Personalities Us Grappling Many Things Need

Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties God has given us - an exercise that links these faculties with the Maker to work out the intentions He had in mind in their creation. E. Stanley Jones

Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'. You don't get it through the blood stream, through heredity. Your parents can give you much, but they cannot give you this. E. Stanley Jones

You Stream Parents First Birth Tells Give Through He New First Of All Blood Get Cannot Us Much Your Here Heredity

Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first, upon the richness of the self that was given; and second, upon the depths of the giving. Friend and foe alike are agreed on the question of the character of Jesus Christ. E. Stanley Jones

Character Christ Giving Power First Depend Alike Foe Would Some Given Self Redeemer Said Question Friend Depths Richness Agreed Things Jesus Second Jesus Christ Two

The universe must exist for the self-expression of God and the delight of God. Ernest Holmes

God Universe Must Delight Self-Expression Exist

The ultimate vision is to instate in the Muslim world the notion of multiculturalism, which is part of our heritage and history, part of the fundamental, mainstream ideals of Islam. Feisal Abdul Rauf

History World Vision Islam Heritage Our Muslim Muslim World Part Mainstream Ideals Ultimate Which Notion Multiculturalism Fundamental

Staying chaste until marriage, a commandment of my faith, was one of the most difficult challenges of my young life. I had a powerful sense that if I did not get a grip on my identity, my ethics, and my religion, I would go off the rails. Feisal Abdul Rauf

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Americans must outgrow the unbecoming arrogance that leads us to assert that America somehow owns a monopoly on goodness and truth - a belief that leads some to view the world as but a stage on which to play out the great historical drama: the United States of America versus the Powers of Evil. Feisal Abdul Rauf

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My life has been devoted to peacemaking. Feisal Abdul Rauf

Life My Life Has-Been Devoted Been

In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace. Feisal Abdul Rauf

Peace Battle People World Win Extremists Muslim Muslim World Must Vocal Ongoing How Wage Continue Been Very Against Who Many

I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism. Feisal Abdul Rauf

Terrorism Everyone Condemn Hamas Committed Anyone Who Acts

We've got to be fair. You can't say a place that has strip joints is sacred ground. We've got to be just. We've got to speak the truth. We've got to have justice for everybody. We're a country of justice for all, not justice for non-Muslims only or some groups and not for others. Feisal Abdul Rauf

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