This course will explore a number of issues which emerge from the history of Christian theology: How did a negative image of Judaism develop within Christianity? In what ways did these unfavorable teachings contribute toward violence against the Jews over the centuries? What is the relationship between Christian anti-Jewish teachings and Anti-Semitism? Is there any corresponding Jewish hostility towards Christians? In what ways have Jewish authors reacted to developments within the Christian tradition?
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Alessandro Vellutello's Illustration for Dante's Paradiso X, The Circle of the Sun.
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We are a department of theology engaged in ongoing academic and pastoral reflection on various aspects of the mystery of the divine-human relationship. Like the University of Notre Dame itself, the department is explicitly Christian and Catholic in its religious tradition. It is committed in a particular way to the interpretation and articulation of the Catholic tradition and to the fostering of reflection and praxis concerning all aspects of Catholicism's various theological, doctrinal, liturgical, spiritual, historical, cultural, and canonical expressions and embodiments.