Jewish chosenness and religious diversity - A contemporary approach

The task I set myself here is to advance internal Jewish religious renewal and mutual religious understanding by presenting a new approach to the doctrine that the Jews are "the Chosen People," and to follow out the implications for the relationship between Judaism and other religions. What demands a revised theology of chosenness is the danger of Jews interpreting the doctrine of chosenness in ways that endorse ethnocentric supremacy, cultural isolation, and the defamation of other religions. Such a rendering of the doctrine in our times signifies not only an agonistic stance toward other peoples and other religions, but also a serious spiritual shortcoming within Judaism itself. The premise of my theology is that God loves all nations equally.