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Interreligious Friendship after Nostra Aetate Interreligious Studies in Theory and Practice Series Editors: Aimee Light, Jennifer Peace, Or Rose, Madhuri Yadlapati, and Homayra Ziad Palgrave’s new series, Interreligious Studies in Theory and Practice, seeks to cap- ture the best of the diverse contributions to the rapidly expanding field of inter- religious and interfaith studies. While the series includes a diverse set of titles, they are all united by a common vision: Each volume advocates—explicitly or implicitly—for interreligious engagement, even if this involves a critique of the limits of this work as it is currently defined or embodied. Each volume provides models and resources—textual, theological, pedagogic, or practical—for inter- religious dialogue, study, or action. The series models a commitment to religious pluralism by including books that begin from diverse religious perspectives. This does not preclude the publication of books dedicated to a specific religion, but the overall series reflects a balance of various faiths and perspectives. Also in the series: Dialogue for Interreligious Understanding: Strategies for the Transformation of Culture-Shaping Institutions by Leonard Swidler Interreligious Friendship after Nostra Aetate Edited by James L. Fredericks and Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier Interreligious Friendship after Nostra Aetate Edited by James L. Fredericks and Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier interreligious friendship after nostra aetate Copyright © James L. Fredericks and Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-47210-6 All rights reserved. Fredericks, James L. “Masao Abe: A Spiritual Friendship.” Spiritus 3.2 (2003), 219–230. © 2003 Johns Hopkins University Press. Reprinted with permission of Johns Hopkins University Press. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-50112-0 ISBN 978-1-137-47211-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137472113 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Interreligious friendship after Nostra aetate / edited by James L. Fredericks, Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier. pages cm.—(Interreligious studies in theory and practice) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Catholic Church—Relations. 2. Christianity and other religions. 3. Friendship—Religious aspects. 4. Interpersonal relations—Religious aspects. 5. Vatican Council (2nd : 1962–1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano). Declaratio de ecclesiae habitudine ad religiones non-Christianas. I. Fredericks, James L. (James Lee), 1951– editor. II. Sayuki Tiemeier, Tracy, 1975– editor. BX1784.I57 2014 261.2—dc23 2014032488 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: February 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Dana, Lauren, Olivia, and Xavier TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTThhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssssss ppppppppppppppppppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggggeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnntttttttttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnttttttttttttttttttiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy lllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeefffffffffffffffffftttttttttttttttttt bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbllllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Contents Introduction 1 James L. Fredericks 1 Learning in the Presence of the Other: My Friendship with Sara Lee 9 Mary C. Boys, SNJM 2 Michael Signer and the Language of Friendship 21 John C. Cavadini 3 The Blessing of Sitting Together 31 Elena Procario-Foley 4 Faith and Friendship 49 David B. Burrell, CSC 5 Friendship: Cultivating Theological Virtue 59 Marianne Farina, CSC, and Masarrat Khan 6 Ties That Bind: Interfaith Friend, Interfaith Kin 75 Rita George-Tvrtković 7 Rasoul, My Friend and Brother 85 Bradley J. Malkovsky 8 Study and Friendship: Intersections throughout an Academic Life 101 Francis X. Clooney, SJ 9 Jivanmukti, Freedom, and a Cassette Recorder: Friendship beyond Friendship in the Tradition of Advaita Vedanta 111 Reid B. Locklin 10 Toddlers and Teas: Parenting in a Multireligious World 125 Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier and Mughda Yeolekar viii ConTenTS 11 With New Eyes to See: Changing the Perception of Self and Other through Interreligious Friendship 139 Karen B. Enriquez 12 Masao Abe: A Spiritual Friendship 155 James L. Fredericks 13 A Friend and Scholar: A Guide on the Way to Understanding Buddhism 167 Peter C. Phan 14 My Friendship with Rita Gross 175 Rosemary Radford Ruether 15 Interreligious Friendship: A Path to Conversion for a Catholic Theologian 187 SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai 16 Interreligious Friendship: Symbiosis of Human Relationship vis-à-vis Religious Differences—A Christian Encounter with Two African Traditional Religionists 201 Marinus Chijioke Iwuchukwu Conclusion 215 Mary Margaret Funk, OSB Notes on Contributors 221 Index 227 Introduction James L. Fredericks Fifty years have passed since the promulgation of Nostra Aetate during the last session of the Second Vatican Council. We can now see that at least one measure of the greatness of the Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions is the abundance of interreli- gious friendships it has made possible. The present collection of essays bears witness to this happy legacy. When it comes to behind-the-scenes intrigue, international diplo- matic arm-twisting, theological fisticuffs, personal betrayals, shocking dishonesty, and downright skullduggery, Nostra Aetate has no equal among the documents of the Second Vatican Council. However, in the history of the declaration, one also finds friendships—often courageous and noble friendships—between Catholics and those who followed other religious paths. Without a doubt, the Declaration would never have come into being were it not for the friendships that inspired, nourished, and sustained those who labored on this council document. On September 18, 1960, John XXIII and Cardinal Augustin Bea, SJ, met in the Apostolic Palace. The pope had made this biblical scholar the head of a Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity, giving it the vague mandate to help non-Catholic Christians to “follow the work of the Council.” At that meeting, Bea’s mandate became considerably more complicated: he was now to facilitate reflection on the church’s under- standing of the Jewish people.1 The previous June, Pope John had spoken with Jules Isaac (1877–1963), a French Jew old enough to remember reading Émile Zola’s “J’Accuse . . . !” on the kiosks of Paris.2 Isaac had lost most of his family in the Holocaust. After the War, he joined with a small number of Christians and Jews in Paris to form a movement with friendship as its core: L’Amitié Judeo- Chrétienne de France—Jewish-Christian Friendship of France. Among his Catholic friends were Jean Danielou, SJ, and Jacques Maritain. Isaac was convinced that friendship (amitié) was the starting point from which

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