T HE CONTEMPORARY Christian community is characterized by the ever-growing awareness that, although its faith may be one, its theological expressions are many. A major factor in the development of this theological pluralism has been the emergence of multiple philosophies within the Catholic tradition. Contemporary Catholic theology diverges in a very noticeable way from its centuries-old tendency to work from a single philosophical framework, scholasticism. The reason for today's philosophical pluralism is, in the last analysis, due to the multiple ways human existence can be experienced. As Rahner suggests, it arises