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<journal-title>African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences</journal-title>
<issn pub-type="epub">2789-3413</issn>
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<publisher-name>SvedbergOpen</publisher-name>
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<subject>Research Paper</subject>
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<article-title>Transcendental Theology for Non-Believers</article-title>
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<name><surname>Kowalik</surname><given-names>Michael</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff001"><sup>1</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor001"><sup>*</sup></xref>
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<aff id="aff001"><sup>1</sup><instname>Independent Researcher</instname>, <instaddress>Melbourne, VIC 3000</instaddress>, <instcountry>Australia</instcountry>. E-mail: <email>mkowalik@gmx.net</email></aff>
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<corresp id="cor001"><sup>*</sup>Corresponding author: Michael Kowalik, <instname>Independent Researcher</instname>, <instaddress>Melbourne, VIC 3000</instaddress>, <instcountry>Australia</instcountry>. E-mail: <email>mkowalik@gmx.net</email></corresp>
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<month>02</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<volume>2</volume>
<issue>1</issue>
<fpage>30</fpage>
<lpage>37</lpage>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>Pope Benedict XVI argued that it is &#x201C;necessary and reasonable to raise the question of God through the use of reason&#x201D; and to understand &#x201C;theology, as inquiry into the rationality of faith.&#x201D; (Ratzinger, 2006) The idea that faith <italic>per se</italic> can be reconciled with rationality <italic>per se</italic> presents a delicate analytical task for philosophy of religion, to consistently ground a belief system that is regarded by non-believers as inherently ungrounded and inconsistent, without negating any grounding postulates internal to the dogma. Focusing on Abrahamic theism, with special emphasis on Christianity, I interpret the Biblical narrative as a symbolic representation of a universal normative structure grounded in social ontology and the value-commitments intrinsic to agency.</p>
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<kwd>Christianity</kwd>
<kwd>Judaism</kwd>
<kwd>Metaethics</kwd>
<kwd>Social Ontology</kwd>
<kwd>Transcendental Theology</kwd>
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