Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Abbreviations xiii

1 Incarnation as Caring for "the Others" and Sharing the Sufferings of All 1

Caring for Some Gentile Individuals and Groups 3

A Message for Everyone 9

The Love Command 14

Outside the Cross No Christology of Religions 17

The Relationship to Others Transformed 22

2 Christ's High-Priestly Intercession for All 26

Karl Rahner, Jacques Dupuis, T. F. Torrance, and Robert J. Sherman 29

Sampling the Tradition: Pius XI and Sacrosanctum Concilium 43

Christ's Priesthood, and "the Others" 45

3 The Universal Presence of Christ and the Holy Spirit 56

A Christology of Universal Presence 57

A Pneumatology of Universal Presence 68

Conclusion 74

4 The Church Joins Christ in Loving Intercession for All People 76

Francis Sullivan 77

Jacques Dupuis 78

Gavin D'Acosta 81

Intercessory Prayer for "the Others" 83

Love Inspires Intercession 90

Participating in the Priesthood of Christ 93

Conclusion 97

5 The Faith of the Suffering "Others" 100

Jacques Dupuis, Paul Griffiths, and Others 102

Ad Gentes on Revelation and Faith 105

Hebrews on Faith 108

Conclusion 121

6 Discerning the Presence of Christ and the Spirit 123

Justin, Vatican II, and John Paul II 123

Four Criteria for Discerning the Presence of the Word and the Spirit 127

Conclusion 138

7 Dialogue and Relations with Muslims and Jews 140

Nostra Aetate on Muslims 140

Catholic-Muslim Relations after Vatican II 145

Lumen Gentium on Jews: The Background and the Text 149

Nostra Aetate on Jews 155

Catholic-Jewish Relations after Vatican II 158

Conclusion 162

8 Epilogue 163

Selected Bibliography 164

Gerald O'Collins on Christ and Other Religions 168

Index of Biblical Passages 171

Index of Names 175