DORIN OANCEA’S CHRISTOCENTRIC PERSONALIST PLURALISM A CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX THEOLOGY OF RELIGIONS Alina PĂTRU Orthodox Theological Faculty, „Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu / University of Hannover Dorin Oancea’s theological profile is very complex. While his friends and collaborators from different parts of the world know him primarily as a bridge- builder between Eastern and Western Christian traditions, for his students he is the author of a comprehensive religious-philosophical model that seeks to explain the whole complexity of religious life. This theological construct is anchored both in the tradition of Christian Orthodox thought, with strong Biblical and Patristic roots, and in the intellectual currents of his time, such as systems theory and communication theory, Jung's analytical psychology, credition research, ecological theory and practice, and in his own observation of religious dynamics. At the same time, Oancea’s thinking is new and fresh, and presents us with an authentic theological achievement. Oancea is a scholar working with the methods and in the spirit of the Church Fathers. He does so consciously and with purpose: again and again he has emphasized that it is the duty of Orthodox theologians to pursue theological reflection in the spirit of the Fathers rather than a clinging to the letter. The Fathers of the Church, in tremendous gestures of intellectual courage and humility, were able to address the problems of their time in their own intellectual language and to present solutions arising from their confrontation with the Christian faith. Oancea aims to do the same, convinced that only in this way can he remain true to his theological vocation. While the preceding study by Codin Șimonca-Oprița has outlined the basis of Oancea’s theological-philosophical model, I would like to address one of its high points here, namely Oancea’s reponse to the central question of the Christian theology of religions, which examines the salvation of non-Christians from a Christian point of view. This has been a lifelong concern for Oancea, leading to the gradual construction of his own Christian-Orthodox theology of religions,which is a self-contained and fully articulated model, one that is unique in the Christian-Orthodox world. A central aim of this study is to promote this model by lifting it out of the relative obscurity of monographs and studies written mostly in Romanian, 1 along with its exposition in lectures 1 See the following monographs, which cover parts, but not the whole, of Oancea’s model: După chip şi asemănare. Structuri şi dinamici primordiale (In His Image and Likeness.