Fred A. Lazin

American Christians and the National Interreligious Task Force on Soviet Jewry

A Call to Conscience

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the role and influence of American Christians in fostering the emigration of Soviet Jews and ending the cultural and religious discrimination against them. It contributes to an understanding of the complexities and nuances of interreligious affairs between Christians and Jews and of human rights in the 1970s and 1980s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9781498583251
• ISBN-10: 1498583253
• Artikelnr.: 70224306

Autorenporträt

Fred A. Lazin is professor emeritus at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Vatican II: A Revolution in Catholic Jewish Relations and the
Appearance of the "New Nuns"
Chapter 3: Establishing the Task Force
Chapter 4: The Early Years of the Task Force
Chapter 5: The Brussels II Conference
Chapter 6: The Helsinki Accords and Persecuted Christians in the Soviet
Union
Chapter 7: International Conferences and the Interreligious Legal Task
Force on Human Rights
Chapter 8: Continuity and Change in the mid-1980s-an Alliance with
Evangelical Protestants
Chapter 9: Closing the Task Force
Chapter 10: Conclusion