Nature conservation and dynamics of the sacred
The sacred can encompass natural environments, which are often associated with places of worship and are deserving of special respect; they often coincide with nature reserves. The interrelationships between religion, conservation and management of these environments are examined.
Science, reason and faith in Blaise Pascal
Pascal was a genius, sincere and constant search engine of the truth. He was passionate about the scientific novelties of his time. He had a deep religious conversion, which he wanted to transmit and which resulted in The Thoughts. His vindication of "the reasons of the heart" is classic.
Argument of design and fifth way of St. Thomas: similarities and differences.
The review of the modern argument of design to demonstrate the existence of God sample great differences with the fifth way of St. Thomas. They start from the order of nature, but their idea of finality and causality is different and they arrive at different results.
The danger of post-truth in the post-covid era. Foundations for a current ethical reflection on the value of truth.
Post-truth is related to fake news in the media, but it also contains charlatanism (according to Harry Frankfurt's term) and emotivism (analyzed by MacIntyre). Its consequences are distrust and ethical fragility.
The purification of representations in the dialogue between science and faith
The science-faith dialogue starts from the conceptions of the dialoguers. This requires everyone to outline the causality present in the world and the divine causality. This purification is proposed in the big bang-creation relationship, human evolution and the creation of the immortal soul.
Causal finitism: a hypothesis with implications for science, reason and faith.
The alleged civil service examination between science and religion owes much to the political need to achieve a cultural identity for a nation. This has given rise to invented approaches to the science-religion relationship, the conception of which varies from country to country.