Dialogue Among Sciences for Peace and Social Sustainability

Abstract

The study examines the methodological questions of the scientific dialogue between theology and security studies in the context of the Catholic Church’s peace mission. It analyzes the evolution of research frameworks from the defensive stance of the Council of Trent to the reforms of Vatican II, and then to the transdisciplinary model proposed by Pope Francis in Veritatis gaudium. It focuses on the scientific repositioning of theology: how normative Catholic teaching and dogmatics can be integrated with fragmented security policy theories (realism, liberalism, critical schools). It argues that instead of a purely deductive approach, an inductive methodology grounded in real global crises is needed. Theology must not only provide a moral framework but also conduct integrated research with social sciences to scientifically ground the Church’s responses to modern security challenges.