The Catholic intellectual tradition has consistently affirmed the mutuality of faith and reason. Though often held as opposites by those who argue for the irrelevance of the language of faith and religion in our contemporary context, they are always held together by the Church when she responds to the many questions that she has to answer throughout history. What the reader will find in each of the eight essays presented in this volume is an articulation of that continuing relevance of faith and reason, and the sustained argument about their complementarity. Anchoring the essays on the tradition of the Catholic Church, our authors demonstrate that faith and reason are at the core of the Catholic intellectual heritage.

1. Faith and reason.