Anti-Semitism as a Christian Problem: Examining the Church's Past and Future - Ruggero Taradel

After the Holocaust, Christian churches began a complex and painful reassessment of their theological and political history concerning the Jewish people. Anti-Semitism is now increasingly perceived as a problem confronting both Jews and Christians. What are the major difficulties and the still unresolved questions challenging Christianity and its self-consciousness at the beginning of the twenty-first century?

Ruggero Taradel is Lecturer in the Division of French and Italian Studies at the University of Washington, where he teaches courses in Italian Cultural History, Church and State in Italy, and Italian Language; he is also faculty for the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. He was nominated for UW's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2010. Prof. Taradel received his "Laurea" as Doctor in Literature and Philosophy with high honors from the University of Rome (La Sapienza) and is a member of the scientific committee of the International Journal of Philosophy and Psychology. He is author of The Blood Libel: A Political History of an Anti-Semitic Myth (L'Accusa del Sangue. Storia Politica Di Un Mito Antisemita, 2002).

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