The Phenomenon of Religious Faith: Theological, Philosophical and Religious Studies Interpretations
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15330/jpnu.1.4.136-143Keywords:
the phenomenon of religious faith, the Christian religion, doctrinal faith, aggiornamento, interpretation of faith from the perspective of theology and religious studies, social existence of faithAbstract
The article deals with the phenomenon of faith addressed from the perspective of
theology, philosophy and religious studies. The central role of faith in the Christian religion is
highlighted, as well as the specifics of the phenomenon in the 20th – early 21st century Catholicism.
The general theoretical approaches to the phenomenon of religious faith in the works by national
and world philosophers, theologians and religious studies scholars are reviewed; the paper
highlights the principles of their theories based on rational interpretation of the premises of faith,
Christian virtues, which underlie moral, ethnic and social norms in particular