Christianity and the Religions : From Confrontation to Dialogue

Introduction 1(1) Three Theological Perspectives 2(3) From Confrontation to Dialogue 5(3) From Interreligious Dialogue to a Theology of Religious Pluralism 8(3) Outline and Development of This Book 11(6) Jesus, the Apostolic Church, and the Religions 17(28) Jesus and the Religions 20(11) The Horizon of the Reign of God 21(2) Entry of the Gentiles into the Reign of God 23(2) The Universality of the Reign of God 25(4) The Reign of God and the Religions 29(2) The Apostolic Church and the Religions 31(14) The Law Written on the Heart 33(2) The Unknown God 35(2) God Shows No Partiality 37(2) God Desires Everyone to Be Saved 39(6) At The Crossroads of Vatican II 45(29) Pre-Vatican II Theology of the Religions 47(12) Fulfillment Theory: The Binary Danielou-de Lubac 47(5) The Inclusive Presence of Christ: The Divergence between Rahner and Panikkar 52(7) Vatican II: A Watershed? 59(8) Positive Values Contained in Religious Traditions 61(3) Toward a Balanced Critical Appraisal 64(3) The Postconciliar Magisterium 67(7) The Pontificate of Paul VI 67(1) The Pontificate of John Paul II 68(6) Christianity and the Religions in Recent Theology 74(22) Paradigm Shifts 76(3) From Ecclesiocentrism to Christocentrism 76(1) From Christocentrism to Theocentrism 77(2) Further Models and Beyond 79(8) Regnocentrism and Soteriocentrism 79(2) Logocentrism and Pneumatocentrism 81(3) Beyond Western Categories 84(3) Toward a Model of Inclusive Pluralism 87(9) The Christological Question 87(3) A Trinitarian Christology as Interpretative Key 90(6) The God of the Covenant and the Religions 96(18) The Universal History of Salvation 98(5) Beyond the Judeo-Christian Tradition 98(2) The Saving Histories of Peoples 100(3) God's Covenants with the Peoples 103(11) Covenants Never Revoked 103(6) The Trinitarian Structure of History 109(5) ``In Many and Various Ways'' 114(24) The God of Revelation 117(8) ``All Have the Same God'' 117(2) The ``Wholly Other'' and the ``Self of the Self'' 119(6) Words and Word of God 125(13) Words of God and Sacred Books 125(4) The ``Fullness'' of Revelation in Jesus Christ 129(3) Revelation, Differentiated and Complementary 132(6) The Word of God, Jesus Christ, and the Religions of the World 138(25) The Universal Action of the Word as Such 139(17) The Wisdom of God in the Wisdom Tradition 140(2) The Word of God in the Prologue to St. John's Gospel 142(5) The Doctrine of the Logos Spermatikos in the Early Fathers of the Church 147(9) The Universality of the Word and the Centrality of the Event of Jesus Christ 156(7) The Centrality of the Event of Jesus Christ 157(2) The Universality of the Word 159(4) The ``One Mediator'' and ``Participated Mediations'' 163(32) Universal Savior and Unique Mediator 169(13) New Testament Christology Revisited and Interpreted 169(4) The Human Face of God 173(5) The Universal Presence of the Holy Spirit 178(4) Mediation and Mediations 182(13) Various Paths to a Common Goal 182(3) Participated Mediations of Salvation 185(5) Discernment of Saving Values 190(5) The Reign of God, the Church, and the Religions 195(23) Reign of God and Church: Identity or Distinction? 197(9) Recent History of Relationships between Church and Reign of God 197(4) Joint Members and Builders of the Reign of God 201(2) ``Outside the Church No Salvation''? 203(3) The Church and the Religions in the Reign of God 206(12) Necessity of the Church 206(7) The Church, Sacrament of the Kingdom 213(5) Interreligious Dialogue in a Pluralistic Society 218(18) The Theological Foundation of Dialogue 222(6) ``Mystery of Unity'' 222(3) Dialogue and Proclamation 225(3) The Challenges and Fruits of Dialogue 228(8) Commitment and Openness 228(2) Personal Faith and the Experience of the Other 230(2) Mutual Enrichment 232(4) Interreligious Prayer 236(17) Praying Together: Why? 239(3) From Dialogue to Common Prayer 239(2) The Religions, God's Gifts to Humankind 241(1) Praying Together: How? 242(11) Common Prayer between Christians and Jews 243(2) Common Prayer between Christians and Muslims 245(3) Common Prayer between Christians and the ``Others'' 248(5) Conclusion 253(7) Religious Pluralism in Principle 254(1) Mutual Asymmetrical Complementarity 255(3) A Qualitative Leap 258(2) Postscript 260(5) Index 265(11) A Word on ``The Christ Mandala'' of Nalini Jayasuriya 276