Editing Jacques Dupuis (Jesuit) (section)

==Career==

Jacques Dupuis became a Jesuit in 1941. After early religious and academic training in [[Belgium]], he left for [[India]] in 1948. A three-year (1948–1951) teaching experience at [[St. Xavier's Collegiate School]], [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], made him discover the way [[Hinduism]] shaped the personalities of the students entrusted to him. This discovery about the variety of religions was the beginning of a lifelong search: "does God's self-revelation necessarily pass for all through the person of [[Jesus Christ]]?"<ref name="Mong">Cf. [http://www.upf.org/component/content/article/4092-a-mong-ih-ren-in-many-and-diverse-ways-examining-jacques-dupuis-theology-of-religious-pluralism "Examining Jacques Dupuis’ Theology of Religious Pluralism"], by Ambrose Mong Ih-Ren, [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]], 22 November 2011.</ref>

After being ordained priest in [[Kurseong]], India he completed a doctorate at the Gregorian University in Rome on the religious anthropology of [[Origen of Alexandria]]. He was assigned to teach Dogmatic [[Theology]] at the [[Jesuit]] Faculty of Theology of Kurseong (later shifted to Delhi, and renamed '[[Vidyajyoti College of Theology]]').<ref>Cf. [https://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/word010705.htm "Remembering Jacques Dupuis"], by John Allen Jr. on ''The National Catholic Reporter'' of 7 January 2005.</ref>

Director of the journal ''Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection,'' Father Dupuis was also an adviser to the Catholic Bishops' conference of India. Besides numerous articles on theological and inter-religious topics, he published in 1973 (with Josef Neuner) a collection of church documents, ''The Christian Faith'', that went into seven editions over twenty years. Some considered it an invaluable instrument of theological learning for students of [[Catholicism]].<ref>Cf. [http://sedosmission.org/old/eng/dupuis_1.htm "Jesus with an Asian Face"], on ''Sedosmission.org'' of August–September 1999.</ref>

In 1984, after 36 years in India, Dupuis was called to teach theology and non-Christian religions at the Gregorian University in Rome. His book ''Jésus-Christ à la rencontre des religions'' (1989) was well-received and promptly translated in Italian, English and Spanish. He was made director of the journal ''Gregorianum'' and appointed consultor at the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.