Karl Rahner and Stephen Jay Gould on the conflict between faith and science
How are religiously-devout scientists and scientifically-minded theologians to address, both professionally and personally, the perceived conflict between their disciplines? This paper brings Stephen Jay Gould’s principle of "Non-Overlapping Magisteria" (NOMA) into dialogue with Karl Rahne...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Marquette Univ. Press
[2016]
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Philosophy & theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 527-541 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Rahner, Karl 1904-1984
/ Gould, Stephen Jay 1941-2002
/ Faith
/ Natural sciences
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CF Christianity and Science KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history |
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| Summary: | How are religiously-devout scientists and scientifically-minded theologians to address, both professionally and personally, the perceived conflict between their disciplines? This paper brings Stephen Jay Gould’s principle of "Non-Overlapping Magisteria" (NOMA) into dialogue with Karl Rahner’s notion of gnoseological concupiscence in order to elucidate strategies for interdisciplinary dialogue and everyday living amidst chronic "conflict." NOMA helpfully articulates a pragmatic mindset that is widespread among scientists but is ultimately too simplistic to account for scientists’ daily experiences of tension. In contrast, Rahner’s understanding of gnoseological concupiscence takes seriously both human nature and experience, paving the way for productive interdisciplinary dialogue that is attentive to the "human factor" within each discipline. Furthermore, Rahner provides pastoral guidance for scientists experiencing inner conflict between their professional work and profession of faith. Rahner encourages conflicted scientists to surrender their struggles to divine mystery as part of their asymptotic striving for integration between science and faith. |
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| ISSN: | 0890-2461 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Philosophy & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/philtheol20168257 |