TY - JOUR
T1 - El problema del sentido en el diálogo entre ciencia y religión
AU - Gómez, Carlos Miguel
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Solo a partir del siglo XVIII –y con especial fuerza en el XIX– esta idea de la religión como explicación se instaura con fuerza en la cultura occidental, reemplazando el sentido propio del término religio que en la Antigüedad y la Edad Media designaba la disposición interior de piedad y se utilizaba como adjetivo para describir el culto dirigido hacia la divinidad adecuada o el estilo de vida propio de las órdenes religiosas2. Como señala Cantwell Smith, el uso original de la expresión vera religio se refiere al
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This paper critically explores the thesis according to which the main difference between science and religion is that while the former seeks to explain the causal order of the world, the latter deals with giving meaning to the totality of what exists and to individual experiences and actions. In the first part, it shows that explaining and giving meaning are solidarity endeavours, which cannot be easily separated either in science or in religion. Likewise, it finds the central issue of the dialogue between both domains in the question of the origin of meaning. In the second part, it argues against the social constructionist assumption according to which all meanings are entirely a human product. Finally, some aspects are pointed out about which the sciences and Christianity can talk about the existence of transcendent meaning in both nature and human life.
AB - This paper critically explores the thesis according to which the main difference between science and religion is that while the former seeks to explain the causal order of the world, the latter deals with giving meaning to the totality of what exists and to individual experiences and actions. In the first part, it shows that explaining and giving meaning are solidarity endeavours, which cannot be easily separated either in science or in religion. Likewise, it finds the central issue of the dialogue between both domains in the question of the origin of meaning. In the second part, it argues against the social constructionist assumption according to which all meanings are entirely a human product. Finally, some aspects are pointed out about which the sciences and Christianity can talk about the existence of transcendent meaning in both nature and human life.
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U2 - 10.11144/javeriana.tx69-187.psdcr
DO - 10.11144/javeriana.tx69-187.psdcr
M3 - Artículo de Investigación
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SN - 0120-3649
VL - 69
JO - Theologica Xaveriana
JF - Theologica Xaveriana
IS - 187
ER -