Can Religion Serve as a Foundation for a Free Society?

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  • Samuel Gregg Acton Institute

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55614/27093824.v1i2.23

Keywords:

Religion and reason}, Incompatible , Christianity, Compatibility

Abstract

There is a type of liberalism that maintains that religion and reason are incompatible; that religion should be respected, but that at some point it will disappear. The author questions these theses and makes an invitation to study the relationship between religion and free society. In its propositive part, it maintains that Christianity is characterized, precisely, by seeking compatibility between reason and faith, and that much of the impulse that Western science received in its early days is based on a realistic metaphysical vision, supported by the Church.

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Published

2018-12-31

How to Cite

Gregg, S. (2018). Can Religion Serve as a Foundation for a Free Society?. Revista Fe Y Libertad, 1(2), 149–170. https://doi.org/10.55614/27093824.v1i2.23

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