No Religion Is an Island: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Interreligious Dialogue
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel remains one of the most important figures in American Jewish-Christian relations nearly twenty years after his death. He had a penetrating mind that was never arrogant and a moral passion that never moralized. Together, the thirteen essays of this book testify to his enduring legacy. Beginning with Rabbi Heschel's own "No Religion Is An Island," these writings—by men and women who knew him, studied under him, and struggled with him, people from South Asian,...
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The essays in this book discuss the personality of Abraham Joshua Heschel and assess his message. Library Journal The object of this festschrift-like publication is Rabbi Heschel, who was born into the Hasidic tradition of Eastern Europe in 1907 and died, a leader of Conservative Judaism, in New York in 1972. Widely known for his writings and teachings on Jewish philosophy and his involvement with civil rights and political issues, he was respected and loved by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. In the first part of this testimony, an impressive roster of contributors remember Heschel as father, teacher, master, and friend. In Part 2, contributing scholars assess his legacy and its impact. A list of his writing follows. The inquisitive reader, however, searches in vain for an elementary chapter on Heschel's life and a calendar of important events in that life.-- Gerda Haas, Holocaust Human Rights Ctr. of Maine
Foreword Johannes Cardinal Willebrands xiForeword Jerzy Kosinski xiiiPreface Harold Kasimow xviiPreface Byron L. Sherwin xxiAbbreviations xxvPart 1 Remembering the Man Abraham Joshua Heschel1 No Religion Is An Island Abraham Joshua Heschel 32 My Father H. Susannah Heschel 233 My Master Byron L. Sherwin 424 My Teacher Jacob Y. Teshima 635 My Friend Daniel Berrigan 68Part 2 Assessing the Message of Abraham Joshua Heschel6 Heschel's Prophetic Vision of Religious Pluralism Harold Kasimow 797 Heschel's Attitude toward Religious Pluralism John C. Merkle 978 Heschel's Impact on Catholic-Jewish Relations Eugene J. Fisher 1109 Heschel's Significance for Protestants John C. Bennett 12410 Christian Pietism and Abraham Heschel Fredrick C. Holmgren 13511 A Muslim's "Dialogue" with Abraham Joshua Heschel Riffat Hassan 15112 Hindu-Jewish Dialogue and the Thought of Abraham Heschel: At Grassroots and Mountaintop Arvind Sharma 16313 An Asian Perspective: The Novelty of Heschel's Views on Interreligious Dialogue Antony Fernando 17514 Heschel's Passion for Justice Kenneth B. Smith 185Part 3 Bibliography of Books by and about Abraham Joshua HeschelBibliography 193Contributors 203
\ Library JournalThe object of this festschrift-like publication is Rabbi Heschel, who was born into the Hasidic tradition of Eastern Europe in 1907 and died, a leader of Conservative Judaism, in New York in 1972. Widely known for his writings and teachings on Jewish philosophy and his involvement with civil rights and political issues, he was respected and loved by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. In the first part of this testimony, an impressive roster of contributors remember Heschel as father, teacher, master, and friend. In Part 2, contributing scholars assess his legacy and its impact. A list of his writing follows. The inquisitive reader, however, searches in vain for an elementary chapter on Heschel's life and a calendar of important events in that life.-- Gerda Haas, Holocaust Human Rights Ctr. of Maine\ \
