RELIGION AND/OR MIND

Autor se bavi trajnim filozofsko-teološkim pitanjem o odnosu vjere i razuma pristupajući ovoj problematici osobito kroz iskustvo ranoga kršćanstva koje je svojim odnosom prema filozofiji uvelike odredilo stavove kršćanskih pisaca i cjelokupne teologije sve do naših dana. Stav o nespojivosti vjere i razuma (kršćanstva i filozofije) zastupala je tek manjina ranokršćanskih mislitelja, dok je većina držala kako između spoznaje razumom (filozofije) i spoznaje vjerom (teologije) postoji sklad i jedinstvo. Istaknuti pobornici takva mišljenja jesu Justin, Klement Aleksandrijski i Augustin. Taj skladni odnos koji je trajao stoljećima poremećen je suvremenim razdvajanjem i indiferentnošću, što je dovelo do obostranoga osiromašenja. Na to upozorava enciklika pape Ivana Pavla II. Fides et ratio koja na tragu crkvenih otaca ponovno želi uspostaviti tu nasilno narušenu harmoniju između ovih neodvojivih stvarnosti.The author deals with permanent philosophical-theological question about relation of religion and mind, approaching to this problem especially through the experience of the early Christianity, which, with its relation to philosophy, considerably determined attitudes of Christian writers and entire theology till today. The view about incompatibility of religion and mind (Christianity and philosophy) was supported by the minority of the early Christian thinkers, while the majority thought that harmony and unity exist between rational cognition (philosophy) and religious cognition (theology). Prominent advocates of such view are Justin, Clement of Alexandria and Augustin. That harmonious relation, which has lasted for centuries, is now disarranged with separation and indifference that caused mutual impoverishment. The encyclical letter of the Pope John Paul II Fides et ratio warns about that. It wants to reestablish that forcibly disrupted harmony between these inseparable realities in accordance with the Church fathers