Do not Stifle the Spirit

Before his death more than twelve years ago, Jacques Dupuis, a prominent Catholic theologian who faced a long persecution by his own church for his teachings on religious pluralism, sat down for a book-length interview with Gerard O'Connell, a noted Catholic journalist, for America. Dupuis insisted that the frank and honest transcript ("unburdened and unbuttoned," in the words of a fellow Jesuit) not be published until after he died and certain other curial figures were out of office. This hidden treasure is finally unburied and presents not only Dupuis' life story (including his tragic final years) but also his views on religious pluralism, interreligious dialogue, and ecclesiology.