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Beyond Belief: 50 Years of Nostra Aetate

07/12/2015

50 Years of Nostra Aetate

BBC Radio 4 - Beyond Belief, 50 Years of Nostra Aetate

Ernie Rea and guests discuss the impact of the Vatican document Nostra Aetate.

Ernie Rea and guests discuss the impact of the Vatican document Nostra Aetate on interfaith relations.

It is 50 years since the publication of the Vatican document 'Nostra Aetate' which transformed relations between the Roman Catholic Church and other religions, most notably Judaism. At only a few paragraphs in length, this short text has been widely seen as one of the most remarkable moments in the turbulent history of interfaith relations. How did it come about? What can we say it has really achieved? And how does it fit into the world in which we now live?

Ernie Rea explores the impact of 'Nostra Aetate' with Archbishop Kevin McDonald, Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Southwark and chair of the Bishops' Conference Committee for Other Faiths and of the Committee for Catholic-Jewish Relations; Dr Ed Kessler, Founder-Director of the interfaith organisation, the Woolf Institute; and Oliver McTernan, Director of the conflict-resolution charity 'Forward Thinking', which works among communities in the UK and the Middle East.

Producer: 
Amanda Hancox.

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