FROM THEOLOGY TO SCIENTOMETRIC CRIMINOTHEOLOGY: ETHNO-NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONCEPT THROUGH THE PRISM OF ORTHODOXY

Abstract

We have carried out a conceptual analysis of the problem of theology in more than 50 articles by Ukrainian authors. It was found that the postmodern era is characterized by many disputes between faith and reason in terms of whether to oppose philosophy and theology. According to the Catholic thinker G. W. von Balthasar, "without philosophy there is no theology" when it comes to comprehending serious levels of theological thinking/theology, with which we cannot agree, because perhaps the fate of Constantinople (Hagia Sophia) would have been different and would not have succumbed to the Mohammedan faith if the philosophical component of Constantinople had not filled the church/spiritual life. That is why it is so important to preserve the purity of our national, mostly Orthodox, faith. According to Orthodox elders, a true theologian is one who prays/is able to pray to God correctly/is able to praise Him correctly. According to Silouan of Athos, "praying is like shedding blood," and only those who pray for their neighbors every day will understand this. Then such levels and states of the unknown/unimaginable are revealed that no books or reasoning can contain. Thus, the deep spiritual states of prayer give the discovery/feeling of the Spirit of God, when the heart, mind, and soul unite in the discovery of the immense.