Philip A. Cunningham, PhD

• Doctor of Philosophy in Religion and Education, 1992, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
  Dissertation : “A Content Analysis of the Presentation of Jews and Judaism in Current Roman Catholic Religion Textbooks”
• Master of Arts in Religious Education (Theology - NT), 1984, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA
• Master of Sciences in Education (Curriculum and Teaching), 1977, Fordham Graduate School of Education, Lincoln Center, NY
• Bachelor of Arts (History), 1972, Fordham College, Bronx, NY

• President, International Council of Christians and Jews (2014-2017)
• Secretary-Treasurer, Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations (2000 - present)
• Director, Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations of Saint Joseph's University (2008-present)
• Executive Director, Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, Boston College (2000-2007)
• Director of the Ministry Institute, Notre Dame College (1991-2000)

Books:

• Maxims for Mutuality: Principles for Catholic Theology, Education, and Preaching about Jews and Judaism (New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press/Stimulus Book, 2022). [info]
• Seeking Shalom: The Journey to Right Relationship between Catholics and Jews (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015). [info]
• Sharing the Scriptures: Volume 1 of The Word Set Free (New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press/Stimulus Books, 2003).
• A Story of Shalom: The Calling of Christians and Jews by a Covenanting God; (New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press, Stimulus Books, 2001).
• Proclaiming Shalom: Lectionary Introductions to Foster the Catholic and Jewish Relationship (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1995). 
• Education for Shalom: Religion Textbooks and the Enhancement of the Catholic and Jewish Relationship (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1995). 
• Jesus and the Evangelists: The Ministry of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels (Mahwah/New York: Paulist Press, 1988). 
• Jewish Apostle to the Gentiles: Paul As He Saw Himself (Mystic, CT.: Twenty-Third Publications, 1986).

Edited: 

• Pondering the Passion: What’s at Stake for Christians and Jews? (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Williams, 2005).

Co-edited:

• Enabling Dialogue about the Land: A Resource Book for Jews and Christians (New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press/Stimulus Books, 2020). [info]
• Christ Jesus and the Jewish People Today: New Explorations of Theological Interrelationships. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011)
• The Catholic Church and the Jewish People: Recent Reflections from Rome. (New York: Fordham University Press, 2007).
• Walking God’s Paths: Christians and Jews in Candid Conversation – Video series (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Catholic Communications Campaign and The National Council of Synagogues, 2004) and Users’ Guide (2003). 
• Sharing Shalom: A Local Interfaith Dialogue Process (Mahwah/New York: Paulist Press/Stimulus Books, 1998).

Book Chapters (since 2010):

• “A Textbook Case—the Pharisees in Catholic Textbooks,” in Joseph Sievers and Amy-Jill Levine, eds., The Pharisees (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishers, 2021), 384-400.
• “From Other to Brother: An Unprecedented Rapprochement in Our Time,” in Clifford Chalmers Cain, ed., Challenges for Christian Faith: Addresses in Honor of C.S. Lewis (Lanham/Boulder/New York/London: Lexington Books, 2021), 71-82.
• “The Import of To Do the Will — a Catholic and Jewish Perspective” [co-authored with Adam Gregerman] in Jehoschua Ahrens, Irving Greenberg, and Eugene Korn, eds., From Confrontation to Covenantal Partnership: Jews and Christians Reflect on the Orthodox Rabbinic Statement “To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven” (Jerusalem: Urim Publications, 2021), 127-141. [text]
• “Mary Boys,” in Alon Goshen-Gottstein ed, Interreligious Heroes: Role Models and Spiritual Exemplars for Interfaith Practice (Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock, 2021), 257-262.
• “Toward a Catholic Understanding of the Centrality of the Land of Israel for Jewish Covenantal Life,” in Philip A. Cunningham, Ruth Langer, and Jesper Svartvik, eds., Enabling Dialogue about the Land: A Resource Book for Jews and Christians (Mahwah/New York: Paulist Press/Stimulus Books, 2020), 303-334.
• “Celebrating Judaism as a ‘Sacrament of Every Otherness,’” in Kristen Colberg and Robert Krieg, eds., The Theology of Cardinal Walter Kasper: Speaking Truth in Love (St. John’s MN: Liturgical Press, 2014), 223-240.
• “Reviving the Catholic Observance of the Feast of the Circumcision of Jesus,” in Celia Deutsch, Eugene J. Fisher, and A. James Rudin, eds., Toward the Future: Essays on Catholic-Jewish Relations in Memory of Rabbi Leon Klenicki, eds. (New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press/Stimulus Books, 2013), 129-146.
• “Judaism” (with Jan Katzew) in Pim Valkenberg, ed., World Religions in Dialogue: A Comparative Theological Approach (Winona, MN: Anselm Academic, 2013): 7-76.
• “A Tectonic Shift in Relations with Non-Catholics: Witnessing a Transformation,” William Madges and Michael J. Daley, eds., Vatican II: Fifty Personal Stories (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press. 2012), 183-187.
• “Paul’s Letters and the Relationship between the People of Israel and the Church Today,” Reimund Bieringer and Didier Pollefeyt, eds., Paul and Judaism: Crosscurrents in Pauline Exegesis and the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations (London/New York: T & T Clark, 2012), 141-162.
• “The Road Behind and the Road Ahead: Catholicism and Judaism,” in James Heft, ed., Catholicism and Interreligious Dialogue (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), 23-42.
• “The Triune One, the Incarnate Logos, and Israel’s Covenantal Life” (with Didier Pollefeyt) in Philip A. Cunningham, et al, eds., Christ Jesus and the Jewish People Today: New Explorations of Theological Interrelationships, (Grand Rapids, MI: William P. Eerdmans Publishing and Rome: Gregorian & Biblical Press, 2011), 183-201.
• “Jews and Christians from the Time of Christ to Constantine’s Reign,” in Albert Lindemann and Richard Levy, eds., Antisemitism: A History (New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), 47-62.
• “Nostra Aetate: A Catholic Act of Metanoia,” in Anthony Cernera, ed., Examining Nostra Aetate After 40 Years: Catholic-Jewish Relations in Our Time (Fairfield, CT: Sacred Heart University Press, 2007).  
• “Covenant and Conversion,” in Mary C. Boys, ed., Seeing Judaism Anew: Christianity’s Sacred Obligation (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005):151-162. 
• “Actualizing Matthean Christology in a Post-Supersessionist Church,” in When Judaism and Christianity Began: Essays in Memory of Anthony J. Saldarini (Leiden and Boston: E.J. Brill, 2004): 563-576. 
• “Much Will Be Required of the Person Entrusted with Much: Assembling a Passion Drama from the Four Gospels” in Paula Fredriksen, ed., Perspectives on The Passion of the Christ (New York: Miramax Books, 2004): 49-64.
•  “Implications for Magisterial Catholic Teaching on Jews and Judaism," Stephen Pope and Charles Hefling, eds., Sic et Non: Encountering Dominus Iesus (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002): 134-149.

Articles (since 2009): 

• "American Catholic Attitudes toward Jews, Judaism, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" [co-authored with K. Bumin, A. Gregerman, M. Inbari], Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, 18/1 (2023): 1-22 [text] 
• “Anti-Jewish readings of Scripture are not just a Holy Week problem,” National Catholic Reporter, April 5, 2023 [text] 
• "Covenant" [co-authored with Adam Gregerman] in Encyclopedia of Jewish-Christian Relations (Berlin: DeGrutyer, 2021) [text].
• "Review essay of Gavin D'Costa, Catholic Doctrines on the Jewish People after Vatican II," Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, 15/1 (2020): 1-14. [text]
• "A Response to Alon Goshen-Gottstein’s ‘The New Covenant - Jeremiah 31:30-33 (31:31-34) in Jewish Interpretation,’” Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 15/1 (2020): 1-2. [text]
• “‘Genuine Brotherhood without Remorse’: A Commentary on Joseph Ratzinger’s ‘Comments on De Iudaeis’” [co-authored with Adam Gregerman], Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, 14/1 (2019): 1-29. [text]
• “Second Vatican Council,” Encyclopedia of Jewish-Christian Relations (De Gruyter Pub., Berlin, Germany, 2019): 1-29.
• "Emerging Principles of a Theology of Shalom," Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society (Dec 2017) [introductory blog; full text]
• “Is the Pope ‘Anti-Jewish’? No, but Here’s Why his Critics Think So” Commonweal 144/8 (May 19, 2017): 19-21. [text]
• “Gifts and Calling: Coming to Terms with Jews as Covenantal Partners,” Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 12/1 (2017). [text]
• “The Sources behind ‘“The Gifts and the Calling of God Are Irrevocable” (Rom 11:29): A Reflection on Theological Questions Pertaining to Catholic-Jewish Relations on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate (No. 4),’” Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 12/1 (2017). [text]
• “Celebrating a 50 Year ‘Journey of Friendship’ between Catholics and Jews in Philadelphia” (with Adam Gregerman), Connections, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, January, 2015.
• “Giving Thanks for a New Jewish-Catholic Relationship in Our Time” (Op-ed, with Adam Gregerman), The Jewish Exponent, November 26, 2014.
• “Implications of Paul’s Hopes for the End of Days for Jews and Christians Today: A Critical Re-evaluation of the Evidence” (with Mark N. Nanos), Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 9/1 (2014). [text]
• “‘God Holds the Jews Most Dear’: Learning to Respect Jewish Self-Understanding,” in Gilbert Rosenthal, ed., A Jubilee for All Time: The Copernican Revolution in Jewish-Christian Relations (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2014), 44-58.
• "Celebrating Judaism as a 'Sacrament of Every Otherness,'" Kristen Colberg and Robert Krieg, eds., The Theology of Cardinal Walter Kasper: Speaking Truth in Love (St. John’s MN: Liturgical Press, 2014), 223-240.
• “Building a New Relationship: A Catholic Perspective,” Franklin Sherman, ed., Bridges: Documents of the Christian-Jewish Dialogue. Volume Two. Building a New Relationship (1986-2103) (New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press/Stimulus Books, 2014), 15-38.
• “A Catholic Theology of the Land?: The State of the Question,” Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 8/1(2013): 1-15. [text]
• “Official Ecclesial Documents to Implement the Second Vatican Council on Relations with Jews: Study Them, Become Immersed in Them, and Put Them into Practice,” Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, Oct. 2009. [text]
• “Reflections from a Roman Catholic on a Reform Theology of Christianity,” CCAR Journal, A Reform Jewish Quarterly (spring, 2005): 61-73.
• “The Arrest and Sentencing of Jesus: A Historical Reconstruction,” Journal of Religion and Society, Vol. 6 (2004). 
• “The Arrest and Sentencing of Jesus: A Historical Reconstruction,” Journal of Religion and Society, Vol. 6 (2004). 

• Co-organizer of international research project: "Christ Jesus the Jew: The Importance of His Jewish Identity for Christians and Jews" (2021 - present).
• Coordinator of international research project: "Promise, Land, and Hope: Jews and Christians Seeking Understanding to Enable Constructive Dialogue about Israeli-Palestinian Issues" (2011-2020).
• Project moderator for the International Council of Christians and Jews project: “Reassessing the Christian-Jewish Dialogue” (2007-2009).
• North American Coordinator of the Christ and the Jewish People project (2007-2011).
• Co-editor of peer-reviewed e-journal Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations (2005-2007).

• Excellence in Education Award 2023, The Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center, Elkins Park, PA.
• Shevet Achim Award for Outstanding Contributions to Christian-Jewish Relations, Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations, October 31, 2021.
• Named Honorary President, International Council of Christians and Jews, June 27, 2021. (A lifetime appointment previously given to three others for exceptional service to the ICCJ and Christian-Jewish Relations.)
• Tengelmann Award for Excellence in Research and Teaching, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, May 18, 2019.
• “Eternal Light Award,” Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL, October 25, 2018.
• Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, Gratz College, Melrose Park, PA, May 21, 2017.
• “Peace and Dialogue Award” for Promoting Interfaith Understanding, The Dialogue Forum and the Peace Islands Institute, Philadelphia, PA, Apr 23, 2014.
• “Lester Gilson Memorial Community Service Award,” South Area Solomon Schechter Day School, Boston, MA, March 11, 2007.