History of science and theology
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https://doi.org/10.51216/2687-072X_2025_1_14-24Keywords:
theology, history of science, biblical hermeneutics, classical mechanics, Leibniz’s architectonic principles, Locke’s nominal essence.Abstract
The article discusses the need to introduce a special academic discipline in higher education - the history of science to understand the dependence of the development of various scientific fields on metaphysical and theological concepts. The relevance of the article is due to the fact that the author outlines methods and ways of transmitting Christian spiritual values in modern scientific and student environment in the context of increasing secularization and dehumanization of society.
The purpose of the work is to substantiate the genetic connection of humanitarian technologies with the tradition of biblical hermeneutics and theology as a science. Using the example of Ren Descartes’ Theory, the architectonic principles of Gottfried Leibniz, the concept of the nominal essence of John Locke and other scientific ideas, the author has traced dependence of the beginnings of natural science of the New Age on Christian theology.
The author is of the opinion that reliance on natural sciences without referring to spiritual laws based on the Divine commandments leads to ideas that give priority to physical development to the detriment of spiritual and moral one. The author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to establish the principle of holistic knowledge in modern science, as well as the benefits of studying a course in the history of science in higher education, through which this principle will be explained to the younger generation.
For citation: Katasonov V. N. History of science and theology DOI: 10.51216/2687‑072Х_2025_1_14-24. EDN: TOVBPE // Theological Collection of Tambov Theological Seminary. 2025, no. 1 (30). p. 14–24. (In Russian)
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