Abstract
The new wave of scientific studies of emotions deserves closer scrutiny from the point of view of a theology seriously engaged with science. The current discussions, and the progress which has taken place in this field of research, offer new opportunities for a better understanding of human nature and its specificity, and for assessing several aspects in the scientific study of religion and its theological applications. As a main result, this research provides a broad understanding on emotions far from more reductive initial assessments. This view supports a more elaborate view about human mind and behaviour. From such a basis, theology can get a more accurate view of human freedom, of our capacity for love, and of sinfulness, helping to overcome its own more simplistic anthropological positions. The theology of faith can be enriched, too, from a view that builds cognition and emotion into shared and complex schemas.
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