A Contribution to Phenomenology of Religion: Comprehensive Phenomenology

Year 2005, Volume: 1 Issue: 19, 141 - 155, 01.12.2005

Mustafa Ünal

Abstract

In the present time, the basic goal of the phenomenology of religion is to describe the essence of a phenomenon by using its own way, not to locate it. Today, for that aim, different phenomenological approaches which are named such as descriptive phenomenology, typological phenomenology, theological phenomenology, historical phenomenology, hermeneutical phenomenology, philosophical phenomenology and new style phenomenology were developed and applied to some phenomena from different religions. After description and finding out of phenomena, these approaches do not have any mission or function to solve some socio-religious questions appeared in certain societies. However, phenomenology of religion should have a problem solving mission and function of questions arose from any phenomenon. For that reason, in this present article a new approach called by the author as comprehensive phenomenology that adduces to help for finding out of phenomena, will be presented and its applicability will also be discussed

Keywords

Phenomenology of Religion, Universal Religion, Official/Written Religion, Popular Religion, Differences (Exclusivism), Inclusivism, Comprehensive Phenomenology

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