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A Few Reflexions on God, Philosophy, Theology and Faith

In trying to understand God and faith in a proper way, philosophy and theology could be very complementary. I would like to review and examine a few modern challenges and relationships between philosophy, theology and faith, seen also from important hints from history of these disciplines. I shall just take some points I consider as the most interesting. I would suggest that the most important relationship between philosophy and theology is threefold: pure philosophical works arguing for theistic conclusion ; philosophical explications of existing theological matters, and there is philosophical theology – mixed philosophical and theological components densely intertwined in texts. I give some examples of problems of interest for both disciplines and what significance the solutions, in general, can have for practical faith.

Catholicism, faith, God, philosophy, theology

This is an extended version of my text »Bog, filozofija, vjera, sloboda«, published in Croatian in Boris KOŽNJAK, (ur.), Godišnjak za filozofiju. Uloga i mjesto filozofije u suvremenom društvu, Zagreb, Institut za filozofiju, 2018, 137-142. Here, I expand on some previous ideas. I would like to thank Boris Kožnjak, as the editor of the aforementioned volume, for the permission to use from the material from that text.