The inconsistent alternative: science or religion

This article by Constantin Andronikof examines the supposed opposition between science and religion, which he describes as an "inconsistent alternative." Drawing on philosophical and theological inquiry, it relies on the Orthodox tradition and apophatic thought to demonstrate that this conflict is historically conditioned, not ontologically grounded. The author shows that materialist scientism rests on philosophical petitions of principle that are untenable, while modern physics itself dissolves the notion of matter. He distinguishes religious truth from scientific reality, and ecclesial dogmas from theologoumena, in order to clarify the false problems — evolution, miracles, cosmology — that fuel the controversy. The theological contribution lies in the proposal of an "integrating" knowledge, grounded in the Logos, in which science and religion converge without contradicting one another, in accordance with an approach characteristic of Orthodox gnoseology.