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 Heschels 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 Muslim Jewish and Christian traditions--reveal the humble yet soaring spirit of a person who know God transcended the barriers of nation culture religion and historical enmity. As these essays demonstrate Heschel was spiritual guide to people of many faiths. He won the admiration of men and women in many lands and traditions. Firmly rooted in his own Jewishness he evoked the genius of other traditions inspiring believers of all kinds to labor toward a more humane world. Contributors: the editors Heschels daughter Susannah Jacob Y. Teshima Daniel Berrigan John C. Merkle Eugene J. Fisher John C. Bennett Fredrick C. Holmgren Riffat Hassan Arvind Sharma Antony Fernando and Kenneth B. Smith.