%0 Journal Article %T Religi¨Žn y raz¨Žn como factores de complementaci¨Žn y colaboraci¨Žn %A F. Mansilla %A H. C %J Revista de Filosof¨Şa %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this article presents some aspects of the confrontation between religious thought and contemporary rationality, examining the ideas of thinkers of our times like horckheimer, habermas, savater, and others, which state that nowadays cultural outlook, in which scientific investigation and technical progress propagate secularist and scientificist knowledge and attitudes, tends to lead us apart, far from ethical considerations which are essential to human beings. but the religious dimension can contribute with ethical criteria for build a principle of global responsibility, in face of the world and man problems, for that is and continues to be the primary and still valid role of religiosity. %K contemporary religion %K posmodernism %K secularism %K philosophy of religion. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0798-11712007000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en