Touching the Heart of Faith: Challenges of Christian-Jewish Dialogue

Mary C. Boys is the Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary, New York City. This talk was presented at Sacred Heart University on April 29, 1999, as the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding Annual Lecture

Death of Jesus and the Revival of Jewish-Christian Relations

The Center for Catholic Studies and the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies present the Fifth Annual Lecture in Jewish-Christian Engagement. [Speaker] Dr. Mary C. Boys, Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology, Union Theological Seminary, NYC.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1282/thumbnail.jp

I Am Joseph Your Brother: Relations Between the Catholic Church and the Jewish People Over the Past Half Century

Viewing of this award-winning documentary film, followed by an inter-religious discussion led by Rabbi Ron Kronish and Sister Mary C. Boys, moderated by Dr. Ellen M. Umansky. [Speaker descriptions] Rabbi Ron Kronish, Director of the Inter-religious Coordinating Council in Israel and noted rabbi, educator, author, and lecturer. Sister Mary C. Boys, Union Theological Seminary, N.Y. Jewish Theological Seminary of America; Teachers College, Columbia University.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1235/thumbnail.jp

Determinants of subject visit participation in a prospective cohort study of HTLV infection

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Understanding participation in a prospective study is crucial to maintaining and improving retention rates. In 1990–92, following attempted blood donation at five blood centers, we enrolled 155 HTLV-I, 387 HTLV-II and 799 HTLV seronegative persons in a long-term prospective cohort.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Health questionnaires and physical exams were administered at enrollment and 2-year intervals through 2004. To examine factors influencing attendance at study visits of the cohort participants we calculated odds ratios (ORs) with generalized estimated equations (GEE) to analyze fixed and time-varying predictors of study visit participation.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>There were significant independent associations between better visit attendance and female gender (OR = 1.31), graduate education (OR = 1.86) and income > $75,000 (OR = 2.68). Participants at two centers (OR = 0.47, 0.67) and of Black race/ethnicity (OR = 0.61) were less likely to continue. Higher subject reimbursement for interview was associated with better visit attendance (OR = 1.84 for$25 vs. $10). None of the health related variables (HTLV status, perceived health status and referral to specialty diagnostic exam for potential adverse health outcomes) significantly affected participation after controlling for demographic variables.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Increasing and maintaining participation by minority and lower socioeconomic status participants is an ongoing challenge in the study of chronic disease outcomes. Future studies should include methods to evaluate attrition and retention, in addition to primary study outcomes, including qualitative analysis of reasons for participation or withdrawal.</p

Jesus, Jews, and Christians: Redeeming our Sacred Story

The story of Jesus, particularly of his death and resurrection, lies at the core of Christian faith and identity. From generation to generation, different tellings of this story have functioned in sacred and saving ways for Christians. Yet there have also been and remain troubling tellings, including those that misrepresent Jesus as standing apart from rather than within the world of Jewish faith, that present a caricature of Jews and the Judaism of Jesus\u27 time, and that falsely blame Jews - even the Jews - for the crucifixion of Jesus. These sacrilegious tellings of the story, which have fostered untold hostility and violence against Jews, cry out for redemption. Drawing from her recently published Redeeming Our Sacred Story: The Death of Jesus and Relations between Jews and Christians, Mary C. Boys will explore what is entailed in such redemption and will offer a transformed telling of Christianity\u27s central story. Mary C. Boys is dean of academic affairs and Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, where she has taught for twenty years, and is an adjunct faculty member of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, also in New York City. She previously served for seventeen years on the faculty of Boston College. Having received her master\u27s and doctoral degrees from Columbia University in a joint program with Union Theological Seminary, Dr. Boys did advanced study at the Ecumenical Institute for Theological Research in Jerusalem, Israel, and received honorary doctorates from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Catholic Theological Union, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and Gratz College. She is the author of six books, including Educating in Faith: Maps and Visions(1989), Has God Only One Blessing? Judaism as a Source of Christian Self-Understanding (2000), and Redeeming Our Sacred Story: The Death of Jesus and Relations between Jews and Christians (2013). She also has edited four books and published nearly 100 articles in scholarly and popular journals. A Seattle native, she has been a member since 1965 of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. Sponsored by the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning in collaboration with the CSB/SJU Department of Theolog

Alan L. Berger and David Patterson, with David P. Gushee, John T. Pawlikowski, and John K. Roth. Jewish-Christian Dialogue: Drawing Honey from the Rock

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Biblical Interpretation In Religious Education : A Study of the Kerygmatic Era.

Alabamav, 362 p; 23 c

Melody D. Knowles, Esther Menn, John Pawlikowski, and Timothy J. Sandoval, eds. Contesting Texts: Jews and Christians in Conversation about the Bible

No abstract is available