Religion and Science

1. Entity type Lemma
2. Original titleΘρησκεία και Επιστήμη
3. Language term Greek, Modern (1453-)
4. lemma author Katsiampoura, Gianna
5. lemma category Various approaches to the problem of correlation between science and theology
6. Publication date 09-06-2017
7. lemma work Stathakis, Vasileios K. [Author]. Religion and Science
8. lemma manifestations Aktines (Ακτίνες)
9. Keywords Science - science-religion relationship - Brooke, John Hedley
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11. Citations
    1. Stathakis, Vasileios K. (2010), "Θρησκεία και Επιστήμη" ("Religion and Science"), Aktines 711, 156-157
12. Lemma body

    1. The main argument of this text is that human thinking from its beginning is looking for the truth about the man himself, the nature and the afterlife. From ancient period, man is asking for the answers using two kinds of sources: systematic research, in other words science, on one hand, and divine revelation, on the other. These sources, e.g. scientific thought and revelation, are correlated on the basis of Hegel's dialectics, which follows a thesis-antithesis-synthesis pattern.

       Here, Vasileios Stathakis, writer of this paper, refers the work of John Hedley Brooke, "Science and Religion". Brooke in his work presents the different ways of science and religion and their relationship in diferrent contexts. Vasileios Stathakis relies on Brooke’s work to come to the difference between the two above-mentioned source categories: christian truths are doctrines from Εcumenical Councils, which don’t change, but scientific theories are constantly changing due to new questions. For the writer, the crucial point is the objective clarification of the boundaries between science and faith.