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Contemporary Theologies of Science in the Light of Bonaventure’s De Reductione Artium ad Theologiam

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: For some time now, regardless of the still-common paradigm of Barbour’s practice of science–religion relations, proposals have been emerging to develop a theology of science from a Christian perspective. This article begins by discussing three theologies of science as proposed by Michael (Michał) Heller, Christopher B. Kaiser, and Tom McLeish. It then goes on to present the theological vision of the arts and sciences as contained in the work De reductione artium ad theologiam by Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (c. 1221–1274). The aim of this article is to compare the contemporary variants for a theology of science with each other and then compare them with Bonaventure’s theological project. Thus, we analyze this 13th-century thinker’s concepts and their heuristic relevance to the modern theologies of science.

Source: Religions

DOI: 10.3390/rel16030368

Authors: Jacek Rodzeń, Paweł Polak

Institutions: Jan Kochanowski University, Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków

Language: English

Topic: Medieval Philosophy and Theology

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,172

OpenAlex ID: W4408453282

FWCI: 8.312

Cites: 33

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10