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This article reexamines Jacques Dupuis's distinction between the action of the Word as such and the action of the Word incarnate. Against recent critics, I argue that Dupuis's Christology is compatible with Chalcedon as interpreted by Leo the Great. I suggest ways in which this Leonine christological approach needs corrective amplification, particularly regarding the unity of Christ and the action of Christ in his risen humanity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article critically examines the views of Jacques Dupuis, Gavin D'Costa, and Francis Sullivan on the church's intercession for those of other living faiths or o f no faith at all. After clarifying what the Scholastic terminology of "final" and " moral" causality means, it shows how 1 Timothy and Vatican II's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy elucidate intercession for " others." Here a rich tradition of philosophical-theological reflection on the efficacy o f prayer can no longer he ignored. Finally, intercession for "others" is inspired by love for them, and brings the faithful to share in Christ's priestly ministry for the whole world. In these ways, the article aspires to open up new themes for the theology of religions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vatican II opposes polemical attitudes to Islam but gives no specific guidance on the Qur'an. Modern Roman Catholic writing on the Qur'an includes a considerable variety of approaches. At the positive end of the spectrum: for Christian members of GRIC (Groupe de Recherche Islamo-Chrétien) the Qur'an is “an authentic Word of God, but one in part essentially different from the one in Jesus Christ”; George Dardess affirms that the Qur'an and the Eucharist are both means through which “God shares with us God's self through the word”; for Giulio Basetti-Sani the Qur'an is divine revelation but it does not contradict Christian doctrine; Jacques Dupuis sees the Qur'an as a real but imperfect revelation. More cautious approaches are found in the writings of Jacques Jomier and Christian Troll, for whom the biblical testimony to Christ is the decisive word of God, and not just one divine revelation alongside another in the Qur'an. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article evaluates what seven authors (from Terrence Merrigan in 2005 to Keith Johnson in 2011) have written about Jacques Dupuis's theology of religions. Dupuis died in 2004, but the debate about his views continues vigorously. When discussing the mediation of salvation, some, like Dupuis himself, attend to the church's prayers for "others." But neither he himself nor his critics appreciate how such prayer, being inspired by love, enjoys some efficient causality, and not merely moral and final causality. Nor have other authors yet recognized the significance of Christ's priestly mediation for the theology of religions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay argues that the "Declaration on the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church," or Dominus Iesus, issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2000, has been largely understood as targeted only at Catholic ecumenical efforts, but it was also directed against proponents of interreligious dialogue, particularly those who seem to veer toward what it considers a more pluralistic position, such as Jacques Dupuis's theology. The author proposes that a thorough analysis of postconciliar documents tracing the trajectory of Catholic thinking about the other religions will show the other hitherto-ignored intended audience of Dominus Iesus. Toward that purpose, it examines three major documents before moving into a detailed assessment of the Declaration itself. The essay concludes that the document has set both the stage and the out-of-bound markers for Catholic discussions on dialogue with other religions and has exhibited a strong preference for seeing other faiths as only participating in the unique mediation of Christ through the Spirit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay examines the character of religious pluralism in Myanmar and how religious conflict can be solved through interreligious dialogue, particularly as understood by the Belgian missionary and theologian, Jacques Dupuis', and his "inductive method". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Do men and women from other religions reach salvation? If the message of salvation revealed in Jesus Christ is meant for all humanity, regardless race, gender, condition, and time, such an issue cannot be regarded as a minor one, and it was not either for the theologians in the Second Vatican Council fifty years ago. To this respect, some of the ideas proposed by J. Dupuis in his work Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism suggest an encounter between the Belgian theologian and Raimon Panikkar. Without a doubt, both agree about the occurred turn: it was a movement from an ecclesiological view to a Christological one; however, this movement has forced us to wonder one more time about our Christic understanding, and, in that sense, about the validity of the Panikkarian proposal of Christophany. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prominent in much Theology of Religions is the concept of fulfilment (the extension of the fulfilment of the Old Covenant by Christ, to the fulfilment of other religions by Christ). The three Catholic theologians who are the subject of this article – Jean Daniélou, Karl Rahner and Jacques Dupuis – rely heavily on the fulfilment concept in their understanding of the relationship between other religions and Christianity. However, each uses the concept differently. This article outlines and then compares the use of the fulfilment concept in the theology of these three prominent theologians, and in doing so develops a fulfilment typology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The question of Christianity's relationship to the religious traditions of the world lies at the center of Jacques Dupuis' theological work. This essay contends that Dupuis' Christology provides the ground for his pursuit of this larger question. An exploration of Dupuis' positive assertions about who Jesus Christ is reveals both a new Christological view and an implicit critique of conventional notions of what it means to be human. By challenging traditional Christology and creatively restructuring the relationship of our humanity to Christ's humanity, Dupuis invigorates the purpose of humanity's role in salvation history. This shift in emphasis, toward Christ's and our shared humanity, allows Dupuis to recognize the theological significance in all mainstream religious traditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Terrence W. Tilley has argued that Dominus Iesus, published by the Roman Catholic Congregation from the Doctrine of Faith in 2000, legitimates a de jure form of religious pluralism which is compatible and acceptable to orthodox Catholic faith. This claim is inspected and criticised on both textual and logical grounds. Textually, Tilley is found guilty of incorporating that which he wishes to prove in his premises. The argument advanced thus clarifies the teachings of Dominus Iesus and also indicates the problem with Jacques Dupuis’ position. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Jacques Dupuis (1923-2004) was a Belgian Jesuit and one of the Roman Catholic Church's leading theologians of religion. Dupuis' magnum opus remains "Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism" In that work Dupuis attempts to reconcile the particularity of Jesus with the universality of the divine Logos. In order to do so, he utilizes the classical logos ensarkos/logos asarkos distinction. Although he is the Son of God and represents the sacrament of God's salvific will Jesus Christ is limited by time and space, and cannot exhaust the mystery of God. The surplus of mystery, as well as God's universal intention to save are carried by the logos asarkos, or Holy Spirit, who is also the Spirit of Christ. The Holy Spirit points to and culminates in the 'Christ-event' but is not limited to it, because the Holy Spirit is found in all that is agapic in the world religions. Dupuis' controversial theology of religions has been much discussed in its theoretical aspect. However, it has been largely neglected in its practical, evaluative aspect. This essay will attempt to answer two related questions. First, how helpful is Dupuis" theology of religions if applied to a certain religion (in this case, Islam)? Second, what can we learn from the successes and failures of application? The questions are important. The theology of religions exists as a discipline in order to assist Christians in their interactions with and inevitable evaluations of other faiths. Therefore, the success or failure of an applied theology of religions is one of the main determinants of its value. The essay will conclude that the application of Dupuis' theology of religions reveals several problems. Chief among them are an excessive irenicism and a flawed hermeneutic of religions. Nevertheless, these flaws are rectifiable and Fr Dupuis has made a magisterial, invaluable, and perhaps permanent contribution to the discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper argues that it can be demonstrated that the position of Jacques Dupuis, S.J., a pluralist, is compatible with that of the syllabus on religious pluralism produced by the Roman Catholic Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dominius Iesus. This demonstration provides good reason to believe that at least one form of de jure pluralism, labeled “inclusivist pluralism”, is a theological theory compatible with orthodox Christian belief. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Summarizes the content of the book 'Christianity and the Religions: From Confrontation to Dialogue,' by Jacques Dupuis. Difference of the book from the book 'Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism' also written by Dupuis; Terminological and substantial issues of the books; Contributions of the books to interreligious dialogue.

Presents an obituary for theologian, Jacques Dupuis.