Can Faith Broaden Reason

1/17/2008 - 12:22 PM PST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA ADVISORY
Catholic PRWire

A Discussion on Faith, Knowledge, and Experience in Light of Msgr. Luigi Giussani�s New Book Is it Possible to Live This Way?

NEW YORK, NY (JANUARY 17, 2008) - One of the great themes of discussion of the last few years has been the relationship between faith and reason, science and religion. There has been a strong trend in our culture to identify reason with the methods of the natural sciences, and to dismiss all other forms of knowledge as necessarily subjective and irrational. This tendency to diminish the scope and depth of human reason has been one of the great concerns of Pope Benedict XVI, who has repeatedly called for a "broadening of reason," pointing out that even science builds on philosophical foundations that it does not give itself. In order to address this important issue, and just a couple months before Benedict XVI�s visit to New York City, Crossroads Cultural Center will hold a panel discussion on how faith broadens reason in its capacity to know reality.

The event will coincide with the publication of the latest book in English by Msgr. Luigi Giussani, Is it Possible to Live This Way? (McGill-Queens University Press). This work by Giussani, the founder of the international Catholic movement Communion and Liberation (CL) explores in detail the relationship between faith and reason, pointing out how under certain conditions faith is indeed a method of knowledge.

Event Details---

WHAT: CAN FAITH BROADEN REASON? � A Discussion on Faith, Knowledge, and Experience in Light of Msgr. Luigi Giussani�s New Book Is it Possible to Live This Way?

WHEN: Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 4:00 pm EST

WHERE: Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University - 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South, New York City

WHO: Speakers will include:
� Msgr. Lorenzo ALBACETE, Theologian, Author, Columnist
� Fr. Juli�n CARR�N, President of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation
� Dr. Robert POLLACK, Professor of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
� Dr. Joseph WEILER, Joseph Strauss Professor of Law, New York University

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CHECK THE CROSSROADS WEB SITE AT WWW.CROSSROADSNYC.COM

Contact: Rita Simmonds (CROSSROADS) 347-713-5146 press@crossroadsnyc.com

Contact

Crossroads New York Cultural Center
http://www.crossroadsnyc.com/home.html NY, US
Rita Simmonds - Contact, 212 337-3580

Keywords

Conference; Communion and Liberation; Carron; Albacete

Rate This Article

Was this helpful to you? Very Helpful Somewhat Helpful Not Helpful at All

Would you be interested in more articles like this? Yes, I am Interested No, I am not Interested

Rate Article

0 Comments

Comments submitted must be civil, remain on-topic and not violate any laws including copyright. We reserve the right to delete any comments which are abusive, inappropriate or not constructive to the discussion.

Though we invite robust discussion, we reserve the right to not publish any comment which denigrates the human person, undermines marriage and the family, or advocates for positions which openly oppose the teaching of the Catholic Church.

This is a supervised forum and the Editors of Catholic Online retain the right to direct it.

We also reserve the right to block any commenter for repeated violations. Your email address is required to post, but it will not be published on the site.

We ask that you NOT post your comment more than once. Catholic Online is growing and our ability to review all comments sometimes results in a delay in their publication.

Name *

Email *

Comment *

Send me important information from Catholic Online and it's partners. See Sample

Post Comment