Heschel’s View of Religious Diversity

Authors

  • Harold Kasimow Grinnell College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/scjr.v2i2.1419

Keywords:

Keywords, Heschel, God, religious diversity, interfaith relations, exclusivism, inclusivism, pluralism, Dalai Lama

Abstract

A number of prominent Christian theologians who have contemplated the issue of religious diversity speak of three major models for approaching it: exclusivist, inclusivist, and pluralist. Claiming that “diversity of religions is the will of God,” Abraham Joshua Heschel was certainly no exclusivist. But he also was neither a pluralist nor an inclusivist in the way these terms are commonly used by Christian theologians. Much like the Dalai Lama’s perspective on Buddhism vis-à -vis other religions, Heschel’s distinctive Jewish approach to religious diversity transcended the categories created by Christian scholars.

Downloads

Published

2011-04-15

How to Cite

Kasimow, H. (2011). Heschel’s View of Religious Diversity. Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.6017/scjr.v2i2.1419

Issue

Section

Feature Topic Articles: Peer-Reviewed