RT Article
T1 Rethinking the Past and Anticipating the Future of Religion and Science
JF Zygon
VO 40
IS 1
SP 33
OP 41
A1 Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2005
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1827957360
AB Abstract. John Caiazza presents the current technoculture as the latest development in the ongoing conflict of science and religion that began with Tertullian in the third century. I argue that his presentation is historically inaccurate, because for most of Western history science and religion interacted with and cross-fertilized each other. Contrary to Caiazza's misleading presentation, Western thought did not follow the dichotomous model polemically posed by Tertullian. I take issue with Caiazza's portrayal of postmodernism and his claim that technology is the foundation of an inherently secularist culture. I conclude by highlighting certain ethical challenges engendered by the prevalence of new technologies and present the dialogue of science and religion as uniquely qualified to address these challenges.
K1 University of Paris
K1 Tertullian
K1 Leo Strauss
K1 Postmodernism
K1 pictorialism
K1 Paideia
K1 Feminism
K1 double-truth theory
K1 Church Fathers
K1 Thomas Aquinas
DO 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00640.x