The Nun in the Synagogue : : Judeocentric Catholicism in Israel / / Emma O’Donnell Polyakov.

The Nun in the Synagogue documents the religious and cultural phenomenon of Judeocentric Catholicism that arose in the wake of the Holocaust, fueled by survivors who converted to Catholicism and immigrated to Israel as well as by Catholics determined to address the anti-Judaism inherent in the Churc...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2020
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (242 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Part 1 The Jewish People Through a Christian Lens
  • 1. Behind the Monastery Walls
  • 2. A New Philosemitism
  • 3. Christian Constructions of the Jew
  • 4. Christian Responses to Israel
  • Part 2 A Judeocentric Catholicism
  • Portrait: Sr. Talia
  • 5. The “Mystery of Israel”
  • Portrait: Sr. Marie Yeshua
  • 6. Precedents and Predecessors
  • Portrait: Sr. Anne Catherine
  • 7. A Mission Reversed: The Sisters of Sion
  • Portrait: Sr. Carmen
  • 8. A Christian Aliyah?
  • Portrait: Fr. Olivier
  • Part 3 Religious Identity After the Holocaust
  • 9. Navigating Jewish-Christian Identity
  • Portrait: Sr. Regine
  • 10. Conversion, Belonging, and Holocaust Trauma
  • Portrait: Sr. Paula
  • 11. Theology After the Holocaust
  • Portrait: Sr. Michaela
  • Part 4 Praying for the Jews
  • Portrait: Sr. Rebecca
  • 12. Interreligious Dialogue and Monasticism
  • Portrait: Fr. Jacques
  • 13. Between the Synagogue and the Church
  • Portrait: Sr. Gemma
  • 14. The Problematics of Prayer for the Jewish People
  • Portrait: Sr. Maureena
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index