Transcendental Theology for Non-Believers

Pope Benedict XVI argued that it is “necessary and reasonable to raise the question of God through the use of reason” and to understand “theology, as inquiry into the rationality of faith.” (Ratzinger, 2006) The idea that faith per se can be reconciled with rationality per se presents a delicate  analytical task for philosophy of religion, to consistently ground a belief system that is regarded by non-believers as inherently ungrounded and inconsistent, without negating any grounding postulates internal to the dogma. Focusing on Abrahamic theism, with special emphasis on Christianity, I interpret the Biblical narrative as a symbolic representation of a universal normative structure grounded in social ontology and the value-commitments intrinsic to agency.