And, according to this mindset, religion and science are mutually incompatible. Religion is the function of “belief.” Science, in glaring contrast, trades only in “facts.” Of course, as is readily ...
“Reason” proponents indicate that reason clarifies; explains the world before us, is coherent and reliable and testable, is the spine of science and technology, solves complex problems; etc. “Faith” ...
On Sept. 14, 1998, Pope St. John Paul II — whose feast the Church celebrates on Oct. 22 — issued the encyclical Fides et Ratio on the relationship between faith and reason. John Paul II opened the ...