Socio-cultural and gnoseological aspects of the relationship between faith and knowledge
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The study aims to identify the socio-cultural and gnoseological features of the relationship between knowledge and faith, which are crucial for understanding both scientific knowledge and faith as a socio-cultural phenomenon and the essence of religious consciousness. The article analyzes questions related to understanding faith as an acceptance of a particular statement as true without requiring justification or proof; the juxtaposition of faith and knowledge; and the opinion that there is “faith” in science and philosophy in the same sense as in religion. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that knowledge is not only not opposed to faith but is considered a necessary element of faith itself. The results of the study make it possible to reconsider traditional views on the relationship between religious faith and knowledge and to assert that knowing faith, being a gnoseological phenomenon and a psychological state, goes beyond the evaluation of statements for truthfulness into the sphere of people’s personal relationships with God and with each other.
Source: Manuscript
DOI: 10.30853/mns20240068
Author: Natalia Stepanovna Chernyakova
Institution: Herzen University
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403342829