Theology at the University

• Autor(a) principal: Miranda, Mário de França
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.7559/ephata.2019.291

The text addresses the meaning and justification of the presence of theological science within the University as such, while also taking into account the constant influence of the Church and of delete society in that same University. In an opening section, we briefly examine the legitimacy of theology as a science, as both the subjective factor and the presence of historical tradition are also to be found in other university disciplines. In the second part, we show what theology has to gain by being in a university campus, particularly due to the constant challenge that the other disciplines pose. In the final section we describe the critical function of theology in relation to other disciplines, by preventing them from shutting themselves within their respective epistemological horizons. For theology draws conclusions from the whole of reality, offers rich symbolic material, raises the question as to the ultimate meaning of what exists and alerts to the centrality of the human person in a society dominated by the economic factor.