Phenomenologies of Religion
Cross-culturally Revisited
Edited by
Satoko Fujiwara [+–]
University of Tokyo
Satoko Fujiwara is Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Letters, at the University of Tokyo. Her related Publications include “Problems of Teaching about Religion in Japan: Another Textbook Controversy against Peace?,” in R. Jackson and S. Fujiwara eds., Peace Education and Religious Plurality: International Perspectives (Routledge, 2008), and Religions in Textbooks: Religious Education that Is Not Supposed to Exist in Japan (in Japanese, Iwanami, 2011).
David Thurfjel [+–]
Södertörn University
David Thurfjel is a professor in the Department for the Study of Religions at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden.
Steven Engler [+–]
Mount Royal University
Steven Engler is Professor of Religious Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. He teaches a variety of courses and research popular Catholicism, Umbanda, Kardecist Spiritism and related spirit-incorporation religions in Brazil, as well as theories and methodology in the study of religion\s.
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s.
This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Introduction [+–]
University of Tokyo
Satoko Fujiwara is Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Letters, at the University of Tokyo. Her related Publications include “Problems of Teaching about Religion in Japan: Another Textbook Controversy against Peace?,” in R. Jackson and S. Fujiwara eds., Peace Education and Religious Plurality: International Perspectives (Routledge, 2008), and Religions in Textbooks: Religious Education that Is Not Supposed to Exist in Japan (in Japanese, Iwanami, 2011).
Södertörn University
David Thurfjel is a professor in the Department for the Study of Religions at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mount Royal University
Steven Engler is Professor of Religious Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. He teaches a variety of courses and research popular Catholicism, Umbanda, Kardecist Spiritism and related spirit-incorporation religions in Brazil, as well as theories and methodology in the study of religion\s.
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Chapter 1
The Netherlands [+–]
University of Amsterdam
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Chapter 2
Germany [+–]
University of Göttingen
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Chapter 3
Sweden [+–]
Södertörn University
David Thurfjel is a professor in the Department for the Study of Religions at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden.
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Chapter 4
Finland [+–]
University of Turku (retired)
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Chapter 5
Italy [+–]
University of Vienna
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Chapter 6
UK [+–]
Leeds Trinity University
Suzanne Owen is a senior lecturer in religious studies at Leeds Trinity University, UK. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh and researches contemporary indigenous and pagan religions.
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Chapter 7
USA [+–]
Lafayette College
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Chapter 8
Canada [+–]
Mount Royal University
Steven Engler is Professor of Religious Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. He teaches a variety of courses and research popular Catholicism, Umbanda, Kardecist Spiritism and related spirit-incorporation religions in Brazil, as well as theories and methodology in the study of religion\s.
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Chapter 9
South Korea [+–]
Seoul National University
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Chapter 10
Japan [+–]
University of Tokyo
Satoko Fujiwara is Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Letters, at the University of Tokyo. Her related Publications include “Problems of Teaching about Religion in Japan: Another Textbook Controversy against Peace?,” in R. Jackson and S. Fujiwara eds., Peace Education and Religious Plurality: International Perspectives (Routledge, 2008), and Religions in Textbooks: Religious Education that Is Not Supposed to Exist in Japan (in Japanese, Iwanami, 2011).
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Afterword
University of Tokyo
Satoko Fujiwara is Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Letters, at the University of Tokyo. Her related Publications include “Problems of Teaching about Religion in Japan: Another Textbook Controversy against Peace?,” in R. Jackson and S. Fujiwara eds., Peace Education and Religious Plurality: International Perspectives (Routledge, 2008), and Religions in Textbooks: Religious Education that Is Not Supposed to Exist in Japan (in Japanese, Iwanami, 2011).
Södertörn University
David Thurfjel is a professor in the Department for the Study of Religions at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mount Royal University
Steven Engler is Professor of Religious Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. He teaches a variety of courses and research popular Catholicism, Umbanda, Kardecist Spiritism and related spirit-incorporation religions in Brazil, as well as theories and methodology in the study of religion\s.
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
Appendix
University of Tokyo
Satoko Fujiwara is Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Letters, at the University of Tokyo. Her related Publications include “Problems of Teaching about Religion in Japan: Another Textbook Controversy against Peace?,” in R. Jackson and S. Fujiwara eds., Peace Education and Religious Plurality: International Perspectives (Routledge, 2008), and Religions in Textbooks: Religious Education that Is Not Supposed to Exist in Japan (in Japanese, Iwanami, 2011).
Södertörn University
David Thurfjel is a professor in the Department for the Study of Religions at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mount Royal University
Steven Engler is Professor of Religious Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. He teaches a variety of courses and research popular Catholicism, Umbanda, Kardecist Spiritism and related spirit-incorporation religions in Brazil, as well as theories and methodology in the study of religion\s.
The phenomenology of religion is a branch of the study of religion that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently met severe criticism, virtually disappearing in the 2000s. This volume consists of interviews with senior scholars in several countries who are experts about the development of the phenomenology of religion in their countries. In making these interviews available along with commentary and analysis, the volume investigates how the phenomenology of religion was accepted and developed in different national contexts. It looks at the reasons why it disappeared so abruptly in each country and reveals how scholars of religion currently evaluate the phenomenology of religion in their countries.
