Religion entering a dialogue with natural sciences and the theory of evolution: an example of the Catholic Church Cover Image

Stupanje u razgovor religije s prirodnom znanošću i teorijom evolucije: primjer Katoličke crkve
Religion entering a dialogue with natural sciences and the theory of evolution: an example of the Catholic Church

Author(s): Nusret Isanović
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Sociology, Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion, Religion and science , Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Centar za napredne studije
Keywords: natural science; evolution; religion; the Catholic Church; pope; entering a dialogue;

Summary/Abstract: The first part of the paper is about the challenges that modern natural sciences, the theory of evolution and their increasingly numerous technological ecstasies pose before religion, about the attempts of religion to recognise them, make itself aware of their meaning and to respond to them, which is shown here on the example of the Catholic Church. The rest of the paper develops a discourse about the process of opening and the effort of entering the dialogue on the part of the Catholic Church with natural sciences and the theory of evolution, as well as about its offcial positions released from the mid-20th century, or from the papacy of Pius XII, till this day. At the same time, this period saw the rise of religious theistic evolutionism, recognised as one of the most appropriate forms of bringing religion closer to natural sciences and the theory of evolution, as well as a certain compromise between them, which this paper also tries to make transparent.

  • Issue Year: 8/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-31
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Bosnian