Theology and Philosophy of Science: Problems of Identification

Abstract

The article continues the cycle of the author’s works analyzing the objectivity of theology, its position within the scientific space and beyond. The analysis is given from the point of view of the philosophy of science as a philosophical dis­cipline, which, in addition to the general section, has a specification of areas, branches and groups of specialties adopted in the modern science of science and scientometrics. The content of theology is described taking into account the work on improving the range of scientific specialties, which is now being carried out in Russia. First, the author proposes a method and parameters for evaluating the scientific work of a theologian, taking into account the worldview, compe­tence and religious and confessional affiliation. This approach takes into account the peculiarities of the intellectual work of the theologian and describes the pa­rameters that identify the results of this work. Secondly, the article deals with the religious-confessional and scientific aspects of theology as a branch of knowl­edge (a group of specialties), which is part of the family of social and human sci­ences. Thus, the author again draws attention to the intellectual and value-world­view resource of theology in modern life and the need to comprehend it, including within the framework of the philosophy of science.