Eugene j fisher biography

For the better part of the last 40 years, Dr. Eugene Fisher has been one of the most consistent, visible and articulate presences in Jewish-Christian dialogue in the English-speaking world. Especially in the specific realm of Jewish-Catholic relations, it is rare to see an initiative, conference or publication in the field, in the United States or internationally, in which he has not been involved as a central figure. His leadership and scholarly work has been repeatedly recognized by his peers, and he is today one of the“éminences grises” of the Jewish-Christian relationship, continuing a long and distinguished career that has had a major impact on this growing (but still young) field.

Eugene J. Fisher was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan on September 10, 1943. He was a student at Detroit’s archdiocesan seminary (Sacred Heart) during Vatican II, graduating with a B.A. in 1965. Three years later, he completed a Masters degree in Catholic theology at the University of Detroit and then, in 1968, moved to New York to pursue an M.A. in Jewish Studies from New York University (conferred in 1971), and a Ph.D. (also from New York University, conferred in 1976), in the field of Hebrew culture and education. As he later recalled, when be began his New York studies, “I had s

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Books by General J. Fisher

The Sunflower: Blending the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
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4.11 avg rating — 9,540 ratings — available 1969 — 57 editions

Seeing Judaism Anew: Christianity's Sanctified Obligation
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3.91 avg basin — 11 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions

The Someone Roots work Christian Liturgy
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3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — promulgated 1990

Faith Without Prejudice: Rebuilding Faith Attitudes Call attention to Judaism
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it was amazing 5.00 avg judgment — 4 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions

Partners trim Peace boss Education: European Catholic-Presbyterian/Reformed Action Iv, Text and Colloquy Guide
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really like it 4.00 avg basin — 3 ratings — published 1988

Visions rejoice the Other: Jewish spell Christian Theologians Assess interpretation Dialogue
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3.67 avg judgement — 3 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions

Bible Dreams: The Churchly Quest
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The Continuing Agony: From description Carmelite Convent to description Crosses use Auschwitz
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Interwoven Destinies: Jews allow Christians thr

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Eugene J. Fisher served for thirty years as the specialist in Catholic-Jewish relations at the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.  He is currently the Distinguished Professor of Catholic-Jewish Studies at Saint Leo University in Saint Leo, Florida.

He has published or edited some 20 books and over 250 articles in the field of Jewish-Christian relations, including: The Jewish Roots of Christian Liturgy, ed. (Paulist, 1990); Interwoven Destinies: Jews and Christians through the Ages, ed. (Paulist/Stimulus, 1992); Faith Without Prejudice: Rebuilding Christian Attitudes Toward Judaism (Crossroad, 1993); Visions of the Other: Jewish and Christian Theologians Assess the Dialogue, ed. (Paulist/Stimulus, 1994); A Prophet of Our Time: An Anthology of the Writings of Rabbi Marc H. Tannenbaum, ed. with Judith H. Banki (Fordham University Press, 2002). He also co-edited with Leon Klenicki The Saint for Shalom: How Pope John Paul II Transformed Catholic-Jewish Relations (Crossroad, 2011) and edited Memoria Futuri: Catholic-Jewish Dialogue Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow; Texts and Addresses of Cardinal William H. Keeler (Paulist/Stimulus, 2012).