The Institute for Theological Inquiry, The Witherspoon Institute, Yale Divinity School and the Yale Department of Religious Studies are co-sponsoring a conference at Yale University, October 24-25, 2010. Participants will present and discuss the papers from a research project of the Institute for Theological Inquiry and the Witherspoon Institute on topics of Jewish and Christian religious thought relevant to contemporary culture and Jewish-Christian relations. The overarching themes of the papers to be presented at the conference are Covenant, Mission and Relation to the Other and Hope and the Responsibility for the Human Future. The research will be published in a scholarly volume by Eerdmans Publishing Company in 2011.

The conference will consist of individual scholarly sessions in which the author would present an overview of his work and a panel of selected academics, theologians and clergy would respond with comment and critique. The conference schedule, with participants and paper titles follow.

A public program for the Yale community as well as the local Jewish and Christian communities will take place on Sunday evening. The purpose of the program is to introduce the non-academic community to current issues in Jewish-Christian relations and the relevance of the research of Institute for Theological Inquiry to those issues. Participating scholars include: Gerald McDermott, Roanoke College; Darlene Weaver, Villanova University; Naftali Rothenberg, Van Leer Institute of Jerusalem; Rabbi David Novak, University of Toronto; Miroslav Volf, Yale University; Shlomo Riskin, Ohr Torah Stone Institutions; Russell Reno, Creighton University; Richard Sklba, Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee; Michael Wyschogrod, CUNY and University of Houston (Ret.); Alan Mittleman, Jewish Theological Seminary; Rabbi Eugene Korn, Institute for Theological Inquiry; and Robert Jenson, Institute for Theological Inquiry and Princeton University.

The Institute for Theological Inquiry (ITI) is an ongoing theological enterprise of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation in Efrat, Israel. It's American partner is the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton, New Jersey. The Institutes objective is to engage world-class theologians to break new theological ground on focused research projects in areas critical to Judaism, Christianity and world culture. Through its research, ITIs aims to develop rich new foundations for cooperative Jewish-Christian understanding, as well as spiritual and moral values that will bear on global religious, cultural and political life in the 21^st century. It is the goal of ITI for its research to be adapted and utilized as pedagogical tools in educational settings.

RSVP for the conference should be sent to amanda.ogden@yale.edu. Inquiries regarding the conference should be directed to ebkorn@gmail.com.

The Witherspoon Institute is an independent research center that works to enhance public understanding of the moral foundations of free and democratic societies. Located in Princeton, New Jersey, the Institute promotes the application of fundamental principles of republican government and ordered liberty to contemporary problems through a variety of research and educational ventures. To support the Witherspoon Institute, please follow the contribution instructions or donate online via PayPal.