Abraham Joshua Heschel: the inadequacy of the ecumenical perspective.

From: Journal of Ecumenical Studies | Date: March 22, 1992| Author: Blumenthal, David R. | Copyright information

It is appropriate to consider Abraham Joshua Heschel's view of interfaith dialogue now, some twenty years after his death. He set forth his views explicitly in an essay, published first in 1966, which was a play on one of the "Devotions" of the poet John Donne (1573-1631). The original poem contains the following lines: "No man is an Iland, intire of itselfe . . . any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell toll...

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