FROM THE POLIS TO THE KINGDOM: CHRISTIANITY AND UTOPIAN IDEOLOGIES
FROM THE POLIS TO THE KINGDOM: CHRISTIANITY AND UTOPIAN IDEOLOGIES

Summary/Abstract: In an era marked by scientific epistemologies and secularizing trends, this work explores the relationship between reason, revelation, and truth from the perspective of Orthodox theology and contemporary philosophy of science. The study starts from the fundamental question: is truth accessible exclusively through reason and empirical methods, or does it also assume a revealed, transcendent dimension? Basedon patristic thought, especially apophatic theology and the concept of enlightenment of the mind (nous), the complementarity between scientific and theological knowledge is analyzed. In dialogue with philosophers such as Karl Popper, Michael Polanyi and Thomas Kuhn, the work argues that truth, in Orthodox theology, is not a simple logical or observational correspondence, but a personal communion with Christ, the living Truth. The article proposes an integrative paradigm, in which reason is notannulled, but transfigured through revelation and ecclesial experience.

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