ABSTRACT
Scholars of religion often describe ‘the phenomenology of religion’ as one of the major twentieth-century disciplines and approaches to religion. Many readers probably have some idea of what is involved in other disciplines and approaches to religion, such as ‘the history of religion,’ ‘the anthropology of religion,’ ‘the psychology of religion,’ ‘the sociology of religion,’ or ‘the philosophy of religion,’ even if some initial ideas may not be accurate. However, few readers will have any clue as to what the term ‘phenomenology of religion’ means or what this discipline and approach describe.
