The Affirmation of Reconciliation Between Jews and Christians: A Call to Heal What Has Been Broken

Antisemitism is rising! Religious violence is resurging! Ancient divisions are hardening once again!History has already shown us where this path can lead.The Affirmation of Reconciliation Between Jews and Christians is not academic theology for theology’s sake—and it is not an attempt to win a religious argument or convert the reader. It is a sober, urgent call to confront a fractured relationship that has shaped centuries of misunderstanding, violence, and moral failure, and to ask whether reconciliation is still possible before old wounds become new catastrophes.Drawing on shared Scripture, history, and lived faith, Steven Wade Cunningham argues that reconciliation between Jews and Christians is no longer optional or symbolic—it is a moral responsibility. Through three core affirmations—one God, enduring covenants, and shared spiritual kinship—the book challenges both individuals and institutions to move beyond silence, defensiveness, and denial toward honesty, humility, and repair.Readers consistently describe this work as “not academic theology for theology’s sake,” but “a real, hard, and necessary call to heal what has been broken.” One reviewer writes that reading it feels like “watching two sides of a long-fractured family finally sit at the same table and speak truth to one another.”Importantly, this book does not smooth over history or offer easy platitudes. It names painful truths clearly and compassionately, acknowledging past injustices while insisting that genuine reconciliation requires more than symbolic gestures. Even readers who do not share the author’s religious beliefs have found the book grounded, human, and unexpectedly honest, appreciating its refusal to preach or erase complexity.Whether you are Jewish, Christian, spiritually curious, or concerned by the resurgence of hatred and division in our world, The Affirmation of Reconciliation offers a way to understand how we arrived at this moment—and how ordinary people can take responsibility for healing what has been broken before history repeats itself. Read more