Papers presented by Participants at Interfaith Conferences sponsored by the Elijah Interfaith Institute.  

Director
The Elijah Interfaith Institute
Jerusalem, Israel

• Religion and Repentance: Synopsis

Presented at the Religions and Repentance: Growth in Religious Traditions, Facing a New Era Conference in honor of the Visit of Pope John Paul II to the Holy Land, Jerusalem, Israel, March 21, 2000.  

Paper in English, French and Hebrew

• Religion, Society and the Other: Hostility, Hospitality and the Hope of Human Flourishing: Project Summary and Comparative Reflections
  
  Paper presented as part of the Elijah Interfaith Academy Think Tank in preparation for the meeting of world religious leaders and Religion, Society and the Other: Hostility, Hospitality and the Hope of Human Flourishing Conference.
  Sevilla, Spain, December 14-17, 2003

Background Paper, Chapter 1

• Jewish-Christian Relations: From Historical Past to Theological Future

The relations between Judaism and Christianity as religious systems,and the relations between Jews and Christians as members of these faith traditions.

Paper in English and Spanish

• God the Father in Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity: Transformed Background or Common Ground?

Untangling the metaphors and understandings of divine fatherhood as expressed in the Bible and in hermeneutic literature.

Paper in English and Portugese

• Thinking of/With Scripture: Struggling for the Religious Significance of the Song of Songs
  
  Exploring the mysteries of scriptural reasoning.
  
  Paper in English

• Judaism: The Battle for Survival, the Struggle for Compassion
  
  Paper presented as part of the Elijah Interfaith Academy Think Tank in preparation for the meeting of world religious leaders and Religion, Society and the Other: Hostility, Hospitality and the Hope of Human Flourishing Conference.
  Sevilla, Spain, December 14-17, 2003

 
          Background Paper, Chapter 2 

• No Religion is an Island: Following the Trail Blazer