Definition Of Absolute Truth: A Theological And Ecclesiastical Intervention For The Erosion Of Truth In Society.

Abstract

At the time when the general skepticism of epistemology and the emergence of digital fraud and the progressive denial of the faith in the true truth happened, this paper will investigate the term absolute truth in theological and ecclesiastical context. The subaltern question of the research of interest is that the contemporary western societies have witnessed an increased cultural hegemony of the relativism and moral and epistemological crisis of disorientation. This research paper will attempt to respond to 3 intercadent questions using an original empirical evidence, i.e. (1) What is the theological and philosophical basis of absolute truth within the Christian tradition? through the assistance of a hermeneutic interpretive paradigm and 15 semi-structured interviews with 15 religious leaders and a questionnaire of 207 participants across 5 denominations. (2) What was the Church before, is the protector of truth and what is taking place with the Church, why is it losing its cultural position? (3) What can the empirically-grounded methods do to prepare churches to reverse the current erosion of truth? Among the major outcomes, it should be said that the absolute truth in its theological conception and as revealed through the divine revelation, Christologically focused in the personage of Jesus Christ and the ecclesial mediation in the terms of the Scripture and tradition, offers the epistemological premises and the methodological apparatus of resolving the existing issues of the digital misinformation, the moral relativism, mistrust in the institutions, etc. The resulting findings of the statistical analysis come up to prove that the intensive doctrinal training and the nonsusceptibility to the misinformation are connected (r =.47, p<.01). The paper is an attempt to provide the ecclesial critical cultural vocation not of accommodation to relativism as well as non-provisions of withdrawal styles of community action but introduction of the integrative modals of theological training, digital disciple making, ecumenical action and prophetic witness. It has been proposed: involving denominational-co-ordinated media literacy programs; Christian fact-checking consortium, truth- consistent dissemination of common-good truth- friendly popular policies. The article forms part of the pragmatic theology, ecclesiology and recent field, the public theology.