Abstract

The author takes on the question of defining the state of Catholic theological thought in the context of current (scientific philosophical) thought, and the possibility of a development of Catholic theology, which would at the same time constitute a contribution toward the elaboration of the future (avant-demain). In the first stage of reflection there follows an analysis of what could be described as a world of postmodern processes, with the characteristics of a certain kind of “increasing wave”, turned toward the future. In the second stage an analysis is undertaken of the state of contemporary philosophical thought – referring to the question of the possibility of the “creation” of a pluralistic reason (polymorphic and multidimensional, and not limited to closed rationalities) grounded in the currently valid concept of rationality as Verstehen, which constitutes the overcoming of modern idealism. In the final stage, the question is undertaken of the possibility of a further development of the concept of theology (after its pre-conciliar (Vatican II) renewal) in its researching effort concerning the elaboration of the data of Christian Revelation and in the capacity, on the part of theology, to support philosophical thought in inspiring the creating of new ways to describe the reality of the world and of man within humanity