{"id":355,"date":"2007-12-11T14:33:39","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T14:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2007\/12\/catholic-bishops-fault-theolog.php"},"modified":"2007-12-11T14:33:39","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T14:33:39","slug":"catholic-bishops-fault-theolog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2007\/12\/catholic-bishops-fault-theolog","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Bishops Fault Theologian&#8217;s Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Associated Press <\/strong><br \/>\nWashington &#8211; A book on interfaith relations by a Georgetown University theologian does not accurately reflect Roman Catholic teaching, a U.S. bishops&#8217; committee said Monday.<br \/>\nThe Rev. Peter C. Phan, in his book &#8220;Being Religious Interreligiously: Asian Perspectives on Interfaith Dialogue,&#8221; writes that the terms &#8220;unique&#8221; and &#8220;absolute&#8221; when referring to Christ may &#8220;have outlived their usefulness and should be jettisoned,&#8221; the doctrine panel said.<br \/>\nPhan also wrote that religious pluralism &#8220;&#8216;may not and must not be abolished&#8217; by conversion to Christianity,&#8221; the committee said. That assertion is in conflict with Christ&#8217;s commission to the church to evangelize the world, the panel said.<br \/>\nPhan, a priest in the Diocese of Dallas, declined to comment Monday. He teaches Catholic social thought at Georgetown, which is a Jesuit school.<br \/>\nThe Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the doctrinal watchdog for the church, asked the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to evaluate the book.<br \/>\nThe bishops&#8217; Doctrine Committee spent two years on the review, asking Phan to explain his writing. But the panel said that Phan &#8220;did not provide the needed clarifications,&#8221; so the panel issued the statement Monday to warn Catholics and others that the book could be misleading.<br \/>\nNo other action by the committee was announced.<br \/>\nJulie Green Bataille, a Georgetown spokeswoman, said in a statement that Phan and the school&#8217;s other faculty have &#8220;a long and distinguished tradition&#8221; of writing on complex religious issues, and the school &#8220;embraces academic freedom and supports the free exchange of ideas.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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