RT Article
T1 Catholicity as a Conceptual Tool for Interculturality in Science and Religion
JF Philosophy, theology and the sciences
VO 9
IS 2
SP 217
OP 238
A1 Toren, Bernard van den 1966-
A1 Bom, Klaas 1967-
LA German
PB Mohr Siebeck
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/182406473X
AB Historical and anthropological studies show that science and religion debates are significantly shaped by historical, cultural, and social factors. However, there is limited interaction between contextual studies and the dominant science and religion debate which, although generally conducted in a quasi-decontextualized manner, is in fact largely shaped by Western post-Enlightenment contexts. This article proposes the Christian theological notion of 'catholicity' as a tool that can be used to develop a constructive relationship between these two research traditions. Based on an overview of the relevant dimensions of the theological notion of catholicity, and on a comparison between catholicity in theology and in the natural sciences, the authors propose five ways in which the idea of catholicity contributes to the science and religion debate: (1) it creates awareness of cultural blinders and (2) of power dynamics, (3) it invites different cultural contributions to a critical conversation about the nature of the world that humanity shares, (4) it is a commitment to learning from a global research community while paying attention to marginal voices, and (5) it asks whether particular contexts require particular approaches for the issues at hand.
K1 Catholicity
K1 Contextuality
K1 Globalization
K1 Interculturaltheology
K1 Scienceandreligion
K1 Universality
DO 10.1628/ptsc-2022-0017