Um olhar revisto sobre a relação entre as ciências naturais e a fé cristã

Alexandre Freire Duarte

doi:10.23925/rct.i103.59913

Autores/as

Alexandre Freire Duarte Docente na Faculdade de Teologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa e no Centro de Cultura Católica do Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/rct.i103.59913

Palabras clave:

ciências naturais, fé cristã, desencontros, humildade, acenos do divino

Resumen

Este artigo apresenta uma visão, que se pretende revista na sua ponderação e organização, acerca das, por vezes tensas, relações entre as ciências naturais e a fé cristã. Este trata-se de um tema sempre em voga e neste texto visa-se mostrar que tal tensão não possui qualquer motivo para existir. De facto, isto mesmo é constatável se se conhecer, com humildade, a história dos desencontros passados e as razões para, hoje, persistir alguma hostilidade nessa relação. Mais: poder-se-á, inclusive, dar um passo, ainda e sempre cheio de humildade, para se tentar admitir que tais mesmas ciências apontam discretamente para Deus.

Biografía del autor/a

Alexandre Freire Duarte, Docente na Faculdade de Teologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa e no Centro de Cultura Católica do Porto

Doutor em Teologia pela Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid). Docente na Faculdade de Teologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) e no Centro de Cultura Católica do Porto. Contato: afduarte@porto.ucp.pt

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