Good for the Catholics? Jewish Studies Scholars Reflect on Catholic Higher Education Sixty Years After Nostra Aetate

The sixty years since Nostra Aetate have seen significant changes across the landscape of Catholic higher education. In this roundtable discussion, three scholars of Jewish studies who work within different contexts of Catholic higher education will discuss the past, present, and future of Jewish-Catholic dialogue and collaboration after Nostra Aetate. The panelists will explore questions including: In what ways have the promises of Nostra Aetate been fulfilled at Catholic universities? In what ways have they failed? In what ways did Nostra Aetate not go far enough? In what ways is Catholic-Jewish dialogue unique in spaces of academia and higher education? What are the unique challenges of doing this dialogue in spaces of higher education? Is this dialogue having an impact on Catholic-Jewish relations beyond the campus? What should the next “big steps” be in Catholic-Jewish interreligious dialogue?