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Since Vatican II the Catholic Church has built up a remarkablebody of magisterial teaching and theological reflection on its relationshipwith the major religious traditions of the world. This course brings togetherthe major sources of this growing tradition, with special attention to keyconciliar texts and the Church’s experience of interreligious dialogue. Theologicalthemes covered include salvation and revelation, Church and mission, the natureof God and the person of Christ.
Week 1
The meaning and theological significance of dialogue: the dialogical language of Vatican II.
Week 2
Christians and non-Christians: the salvation of the ‘non-Christian’. Lumen Gentium.
Week 3
Jews and Christians: the Church’s relations with the Jewish people. Nostra Aetate and Dei Verbum.
Week 4
Church for the world: the pastoral dimension of Christian theology. AdGentes and Gaudium et Spes
Week 5
Being faithful and open: responsible Christianity in a pluralist world. Dignitatis Humanae.
Michael Barnes SJ taught at Heythrop for nearly forty years. He is the author of several books on the theology and spirituality of religions, most recently Ignatian Spirituality and Interreligious Dialogue (2021). He is Emeritus Professor of interreligious relations at the University of Roehampton and a research associate at the School of Advanced Study in the University of London.
