Faith and Reason (Fides et Ratio)
Description
The purported dichotomy between faith and reason, or its latter-day incarnation as the conflict between religion and science, is actually of a very recent origin. Throughout most of the history, however, different ways of assessing and interpreting the world have all been thought of as belonging to a continuum of human thought and intellectual engagement. Only starting with the rabidly anti-religious movements of the eighteenth and the nineteenth century did the idea that religion is completely alien and antagonistic to the rational investigation gain traction in certain intellectual circle...
ISBN(s)
1860820506, 9781860820502
