The Relationship of Integration Between Theology and Natural Sciences

Othman Khalaf Miti

Abstract
The developments following the Industrial Revolution of 1760 AD in Europe produced a new image of the natural sciences. These sciences rose to dominance in all matters due to the excessive confidence they gained. Consequently, those events precipitated a recession in the field of research based on rationalism – most notably in theological studies – with the result that it became a domain dedicated to raising questions that lie beyond the purview of scientific investigation. Moreover, its results became relative matters with little or no epistemic value in most cases. Since religious doctrines were based on these foundations, they also became unscientific. Undoubtedly, the real reason behind this transformation is the dominance of some sciences over others. Therefore, in this research, we wanted to shed light on the inherent relationship between the natural sciences and divine science (theology), clarifying the limits of each, and the way in which one needs the other, using an analytical and descriptive methodology. We concluded that the natural sciences, despite their importance, should be limited to matters subject to experimentation and that they are necessarily dependent on divine science (theology). As for the latter, although it benefits in some matters from the natural sciences, this benefit is very minimal, meaning that there is no justification for the subordination of divine science to the natural sciences.

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