Berkley Center

In the inaugural lecture of the Nostra Aetate lecture series, Rev. Thomas F. Stransky, C.S.P., rector emeritus of Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Israel, presented a lecture entitled, "The Genesis of Nostra Aetate: How the Changes of Vatican II Included Jewish Relations and Interreligious Dialogue." Stransky's lecture was the first of several he gave in a lecture series in honor of the fortieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's document on interreligious dialogue, Nostra Aetate (In Our Age). The Council's "Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions" revolutionized the Catholic Church's approach to the Jewish people and members of other religions. 

The event was co-sponsored by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Office of the President at Georgetown University.