Posted on 09/15/2004 6:19:57 PM PDT by Land of the Irish
Jacques Dupuis, S.J., is widely recognized as one of the most important theologians of our time, especially as regards issues of religious pluralism. Born in Belgium in 1923, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1941 and earned degrees in philosophy at the University of Louvain and in theology at the Gregorian University in Rome. He subsequently taught systematic theology in India for twenty-five years, first in Kurseong and later in Delhi. In the latter city he served on the editorial board of the review Vidyajyoti, Journal of Theological Reflection, being its director from 1977 until 1984. He was then appointed to the theological faculty of the Gregorian University, where he taught courses in theology until 1998, when he was named Professor Emeritus.
During these years in Rome, Fr. Dupuis served for ten years as a consultor for the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (1985-1995) and as director of Gregorianum, the theological and philosophical review of the Gregorian University, from 1985 until 2003. Besides the many articles in theological journals that he has published during his scholarly career, Fr. Dupuis has also authored a number of important books that have been translated into various languages. In recent years the principal ones are the following, all published in English by Orbis Books: Jesus Christ at the Encounter of World Religions (1991), Who Do You Say I Am? Introduction to Christology (1994), Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism (1997), and Christianity and the Religions: From Confrontation to Dialogue (2002). He has also presented lectures in many countries throughout the world.
William J. Byron, S.J., Auditorium, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America
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This in my inbox this morning:
From Zenit:
CARDINAL KEELER TELLS OF NEED FOR COOPERATION AMONG RELIGIONS
Says It Can Help Wipe Out Racism and Nationalism
WASHINGTON, D.C., SEPT. 15, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Collaboration among religious communities can contribute to the eradication of racism, xenophobia and nationalism in civil society, a U.S. cardinal told a conference of European and North American officials.
"Not content with tolerance and respect for each others' differences, interreligious understanding and dialogue offer the hope of genuine mutual enrichment that can provide us with the resources necessary to overcome the darkness of violence and division," said Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore.
Cardinal Keeler made his remarks Monday during a Conference on Tolerance and the Fight Against Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination organized by the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
He was named by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to be a member of the U.S. delegation, which was led by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson.
In his address, Cardinal Keeler raised two themes in particular with the delegates representing all the nations of Europe, as well as several Central Asian countries and the United States and Canada: the positive role religion can play in public life, and a renewed spirit of interreligious encounter.
"While the state and religion clearly differ in their roles, they share a goal of building up the common good for the benefit of the entire society," he said. "Though religion may be misused -- even tragically at times -- or distorted, it can offer positive values to society and be a major force for healing the infection of racism and xenophobia."
Consequently, he said, governments should value and safeguard religion. "Societies in which faith is marginalized and impoverished are diminished societies," the archbishop of Baltimore said.
Cardinal Keeler also said that the persuasiveness of religions' call to overcome racism and bigotry requires greater dialogue and understanding among religions themselves.
He acknowledged that Christians have "failed to extend the tolerance and understanding that we ourselves expect."
He said Christians cannot expect discrimination and bigotry against them to cease until Christians seek an end to discrimination against Jews and Muslims and "brothers and sisters of other faiths and no faiths."
The OSCE is a multilateral forum involving all European states and several Central Asian countries, as well as the United States and Canada. The conference was held Monday and Tuesday in Brussels, Belgium. ZE04091523
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