Unveiling reason : a foundation for the Church’s pastoral response today

Abstract

In this paper, the author will concentrate on “reason” in an attempt to understand the moral, spiritual, properly “human” crisis of the times. The questions posed will proceed as follows: What is reason? Is the human truly “reasonable”? How do we unveil reason after its eclipse? In conclusion, as the problem of “reason” is revealed as inherently emerging from and constructing “culture” - in the classical Hellenistic sense of paideia - the author will offer general pastoral orientations as the Church confronts and learns from the challenges posed by contemporary “digital culture.”