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In many churches nowadays, there has been a standardized approach to premarital counseling for couples involving social, pastoral, and psychological perspectives. In contrast, many rabbis and other Jewish officials still concentrate on legal aspects alone. The need for resolving important issues on the verge of wedlock is too often left to secular experts in law, psychology, or counseling. However, in recent years, this lack of formal training for marriage preparation has also been acknowledged by the Jewish clergy in order to incorporate it in the preparatory period before the bond is tied. This case study focuses on Jewish and Roman Catholic conceptions of marriage, past and present. We intend to do a comparative analysis of the prerequisites of religious marriage based on the assumption that both Judaism and the Roman Catholic Church have a distinct legal framework to assess marriage preparation.
Für einen großen Moment in der Religionsgeschichte berührten sich das Judentum als vernunftmäßige Religion (Moses Mendelssohn) und die Rationale Theologie des preußischen Protestantismus. Die aktive Unterstützung der Berliner Judenmission unter Friedrich Wilhelm III markiert die Wendemarke vom Rationalismus zur Restauration.
In this article, I deal with the concept of truth and lie in Jewish traditional literature, examining its development in the Hebrew Bible and rabbinic literature. An essential aspect in understanding this concept is the dualism of ‘good’ and ‘evil’ impulses and the free will of human beings, who were created in the image of God and have the choice to decide between right and wrong.
This article presents some insights into the German developments of studying Judaism and the Jewish tradition and relates them to the ongoing development of the subject at universities in the Nordic countries in general and Norway in particular. It also aims to present some conclusions concerning why it might be interesting for Norwegian society to intensify the study of Judaism at its universities.
Jewish theology in Germany
(2017)
How often do secular and religious discourses communicate and interrelate at points where they intersect in society? When the Science of Judaism (Wissenschaft des Judentums) evolved at the beginning of the nineteenth century, it intended, through both theological and secular studies, to demonstrate the general value of Jewish culture and civilization. Although denied a place in the public university system until after the Shoah, Jewish Studies departments have since been established at various German universities, and, in 2013, the School of Jewish Theology of the University of Potsdam was opened as the first Jewish divinity school in the history of the German university system. With this, what was once a utopian dream became a reality, and both branches of the Science of Judaism, religious and secular, became undisputed parts of the German academic scene, using similar tools for differing aims. Two prime examples of the intersection of the secular and religious in Germany today are the proliferation of divinity schools at state universities, on the one hand, and the development of military chaplaincy in the armed forces, on the other. Both of these, through contractual agreements, aim to regulate and facilitate religious pluralism within a secular state. While the one has already begun to take place, the other is currently under discussion.
Umdenken!
(2021)
Judentum und Islam – zwei verfeindete Religionen? Hat nicht bereits der Koran zur Gewalt gegen Juden aufgerufen und damit das Fundament zu einem Konflikt gelegt, der heute aktueller ist denn je? Und auch hierzulande, in Deutschland, wirkt das Verhältnis beider Religionen von starken Gegensätzen geprägt – sowohl aus der Sicht von außen wie aus der Perspektive der Religionen selbst.
Doch wie lebt es sich als monotheistische Religion in der Diaspora? Wie fühlen sich Judentum und Islam von der deutschen Mehrheitsgesellschaft wahrgenommen? Mit welchen Problemen und Anfeindungen finden sie sich konfrontiert? Sind sie hier willkommen? Und wie gestaltet sich ihr gegenseitiges Verhältnis in einer christlich geprägten Gesellschaft? Darüber reden Rabbiner Walter Homolka und der renommierte islamische Theologe Mouhanad Khorchide. Eine ihrer Thesen lautet: Islam und Judentum sind sich erstaunlich nahe. Sie sind die eigentlichen Geschwister. Das Christentum gehört zum Freundeskreis. Freunde kann man sich aussuchen, die Verwandtschaft nicht.
Rabbiner Walter Homolka beschreibt in seinem Buch die wichtigsten jüdischen Perspektiven auf Jesus. Trotz der christlichen Unterdrückung, die Juden im Namen Jesu jahrhundertelang erfuhren, setzten sie sich seit jeher mit Jesus auseinander. Homolka diskutiert das wachsende jüdische Interesse am Nazarener seit der Aufklärung und wie Juden Jesus heute sehen, im religiösen sowie kulturellen Kontext. Das Buch zeigt: Im Zentrum der Beschäftigung mit dem Juden Jesus steht das Ringen des Judentums um Authentizität und Augenhöhe. Jesu Verankerung im Judentum bietet eine Herausforderung für Christen heute und die Chance auf fruchtbaren jüdisch-christlichen Dialog.
Are a personal messiah and the expectation of his arrival or the concept of the messianic age yet central ideas in contemporary Judaism? The article deals with the question of the contexts in which the messianic concept may have a role in modern times. Does it still contribute adequately to describe the relationship between God and humankind in contemporary Jewish thought?
Neuanfang und Rückbesinnung
(2017)