The publication in 1997 of a groundbreaking book about the relationship between Christianity and other faiths unleashed a storm of controversy, in which The Tablet found itself playing an active part As Hans Küng has said: “There can be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions; and no peace among the religions without dialogue between the religions.” Easier said than done, judging by the storm of controversy that broke around Jacques Dupuis at the turn of the millennium. The Belgian Jesuit’s face looks out at me from photographs: oval shaped, large dark-framed glasses, serious, a lurking touch of sardonic humour. Dupuis had little time for small talk. When thinking – and Jacques was always thinking – he was very much a man alone.He