The Earliest Religion and Religion’s Origin: What Do We Know?
According to scientific knowledge, the first humans (Homo sapiens, the knowledgable ones) came out of Africa 200 000 years ago. These early humans were just like us moderns in basic […]
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What are New Religious Movements and Modern Religions?
Most of the world’s major religions evolved out of the ancient civilizations and often have their foundations in the folk traditions that preceded them. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, for example, […]
Why Study Religion?
What are some foundational reasons for studying religion? There are several such reasons of which some, this post will attempt to show, can be both academic as well as personal. […]
What is the Phenomenology of Religion?
The phenomenology of religion is a methodological approach to religion (as a phenomenon) which searches for patterns of religious experiences or practices across traditions. This includes a concentration on religion’s […]
What’s Post-Modernism in the Scientific Study of Religion?
Post-modernism has a presence which is, explains philosopher William Lane Craig, “entrenched in the university subculture in departments of literature, women’s studies, and, significantly, religious studies” (1). But what is […]
The Search for the Primordium (Origin) of Religion
The origin of religion is the concerted attempt to isolate a causal primary factor, source, and root of religion (1). Scholars have referred to this causal primary factor as the […]
What is the Pursuit for Natural Religion?
Natural Religion is the idea that there is a religious apprehension of the world common to all human beings. According to Ivan Strenski it is part of the “normal course […]
What is the Academic Study of Religion? (Religious Studies)
Religious Studies is an academic discipline that developed out of Europe and that is less than 200 years old. It should not be confused for theology nor should scholars of […]
What was the Search for the “Essence” of Religion?
Perhaps what concerned earliest Enlightenment writers was the sine qua non of religion, the term used to denote a first principle or essence constituting the very fundamental core of religion. […]
