| Part 2 The Theory of Faith and Reason | Hirohumi Hoshika |
Methodologies for discussing the relationship between faith and reason will be considered.
There are two possible approaches to describing the subject of faith and reason. One is to deal with the subject as far as it is possible to express it in ordinary and common language. The other is to expound on the subject from a Christian perspective, using biblical concepts such as God, the Holy Spirit, creation, and redemption that are accepted in the Christian faith.
The former has a limit to the scope of the argument, and the latter is fraught with difficulty in understanding the argument. In the case of "The Theory of Faith and Reason", which method should we adopt?
Furthermore, when attempting to discuss the relationship between faith and reason, it is necessary to pay attention to the setting of the subject itself. Faith and reason must be discussed in maintaining each original nature.
It has been repeated that in discussions of "the theory of faith and reason" from a philosophical perspective, faith is transformed into something closer to reason, and in discussions of "the theory of faith and reason" from a Christian perspective, reason is transformed into something closer to faith.
It is a strategy for reconciling faith and reason. However, such an approach cannot be said to have dealt with the relationship between Christian faith, which has a Jewish religion background, and general reason, which has a Greek intelligence background.
In this chapter, we will examine two "requirements" for Christian philosophy: "What kind of concept should we use to treat the subject?" and "How should the concept of the subject described by it be?"
At the end of this chapter, the possibility of a new method for overcoming Kant's philosophy, as found in Ochiai Hitoshi's "For Those who Study Mathematical Theology", will be examined, including reflections on the approach taken in this essay.
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