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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
