The Dialogue Between Theology and Science as a Sincere Search for Truth. Between Scientific Experiment and Religious Experience
Journal
Disputatio philosophica
Date Issued
2026-03-26
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.32701/dp.27.1.1
Abstract
The search for truth is a very old preoccupation, since ancient times. Ancient philosophers and sages were engaged in it. The search for truth has not stopped, but continues to this day. We can say that the greatest seekers of truth today are scientists, in all areas of scientific research. On the other hand, there are theologians, who know Who is the Truth (John 14:6), trying to be in communion with the truth through spiritual life. This study attempts to explain the dialogue between Orthodox theology and science, as well as their different methods through which they come to the knowledge of truth. The path to truth can be found, but the methods are different because science and theology use a different approach. And both can have the same goal, which would be to find the truth, but the different experiences that science and Orthodox theology have must be specified. Science uses observation and experimentation of the things it wants to know, explaining them through rational discourse, but on the other hand it has its own limitations. Theology uses the centuries-old spiritual experience gained in the life of the Church, whose goal is the knowledge of God and communion with Him. When a comparison is made, a difference appears in the knowledge of the material and the immaterial. Although the methods seem different, the goal seems to be the same, and that is to find the answers that lead humanity to the knowledge of the truth. Science and theology can find a common understanding for finding and knowing the truth.
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