The search must be dialectical, requiring a scrutiny of everything we believe in and live by. Good physician who tells patient what they don't want to hear for force them to see selves more clearly ignores role of faith, hope, and spirit. The value of inquiry is not to show that symbols are false, but to discover the meanings that people create and their function. The dialectic must include what people believe and know and not just what can be objectively viewed by the researcher. Method bypasses the soul, performing certain mechanical operations.
Humans are soul-centered.
We then approach the epistemological territory of the Augustinian recognition, that in order to know, we must Believe. Fundamental kinship with the awe of worship and the dialogue of science with the realities of the universe. Unity of believing and knowing, not one or the other. Human history then becomes a drama and a struggle of ultimate purpose. The larger purpose of our existence is directed toward the reconstruction of the world.