Mariano Artigas. Testimony of some meetings and brief reflections on the Research Group Science, Reason and Faith of the University of Navarra: This contribution is aimed to emphasise the author’s personal contact with Professor Mariano Artigas and, especially, with the Research Group in Science, Reason and Faith which he founded in 2003 at the University of Navarre. In addition, some reflections about the importance of this Research Group in the context of the development of the university studies are pointed out.

Este artículo aborda el estudio de algunos de los problemas que presenta la religión en las democracias contemporáneas y, más específicamente, las aporías políticas que suscita la participación de los creyentes en el debate público. Para desarrollar la temática, el texto se divide en dos partes: en la primera, se exponen las objeciones que, en las democracias seculares se le presentan al discurso religioso. En la segunda, se identifican algunos tópicos teóricos que deben asumir los creyentes si quieren que dicho (...) discurso alcance eficacia pública y sea recibido como un aporte a la deliberación democrática y a la construcción de una ciudadanía plural. (shrink)

The science of the Shroud of Turin –or sindonology–began with the photograph of this religious relic by Secondo Pia in 1898. In a cultural context where the thesis of the constant conflict between religion and science is still alive, sindonology stands out as a paradigm of the constructive dialogue between faith and science. Independent from the issue of the authenticity of the relic, here is the reflection of such dialogue displaying the mutual services that faith and science render one another. (...) Sindonology also stands out for being a paradigm of interdisciplinary study, which demands the overcoming of knowledge fragmentation. (shrink)