Has God Only One Blessing?: Judaism as a Source of Christian Self-Understanding
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\ Library JournalDesiring to improve Jewish-Christian relations, Boys (practical theology, Union Theological Seminary, New York) provides both an ideological foundation for dialog and suggestions for church practice, emphasizing the Catholic experience. Notably, she offers a schematic description of how Christianity became distinct from Judaism and makes suggestions for Catholic liturgy about bridging the gap by changing how certain scriptures are read during the church calendar. Uniquely offering scholarship on many complex questions in one source, Boys also provides a valuable collocation of church policies. Books like Philip A. Cunningham's Education for Shalom (Liturgical Pr., 1995) or Helen P. Fry's Christian-Jewish Dialogue (Exeter Univ., 1996) focus on practical or theoretical discussion, respectively. Boys successfully marries the two, digging deep to propose applications of theological ideas. Though she builds her points well, she struggles with the broad spectrum of scholarly views or ideological backgrounds needed to explain them. Scholars will likely agree with her ideas while sensing that that they don't require the comprehensive scholarly underpinnings she attempts to supply. With lengthy endnotes and a bibliography, this is explicitly addressed to religious educators and theological students. Recommended for academic libraries with specialized theological collections.--Marianne Orme, West Lafayette, IN Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\\\ \
