PENDEKATAN FENOMENOLOGI DALAM KAJIAN AGAMA

Abstract

The scientific study of religion can be traced to the 19th century and the early of 20th century, which was influenced by rennaissance. The objectives of scientific religion was to give an objective description, especially to the western people, of various aspects of religious life in this world. Most of the made some comparition and demonstrated the superiority of western culture and religion compared with those of other parts of the world. Moders scientist insist on taking their approaches and disciplines from premodern studies which contained subjective and normative assumptions and perspectives, depended on supranatural and other authority, and ignored the standards of accurate and objective science. In relation to the above condition, phenomenology of religion emerged as an effort to avoid etnocentrical and normative approaches.

Keywords

• religion
• renaisance
• knowledge
• fenomenology.