The meaning of religion
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2021-4-94-116
Abstract
W.B. Kristensen (1867–1953) is the prominent scholar of the 20th century famous for his works on history and phenomenology of religion, the representative of the Dutch phenomenological school. He saw the task of phenomenology of religion in the systematization of historical phenomena, as well as in the ordering and comprehension of the historical material, which by that time was abundantly collected by the empirical sciences of religion.
The present publication offers translation of significant fragments from his book “The Meaning of Religion” posthumously published in 1960. Those are the second and third parts of “General Introduction” where Kristensen discusses important methodological foundations of his conception, as well as the first chapter of the Part I (“Introduction to Cosmology”) dedicated to religious conceptions of cosmic order in ancient religions.
References
1. Kraemer 1960 – Kraemer H. Introduction // Kristensen W.B. The meaning of religion. Lectures in the phenomenology of religion. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1960. 532 + XXVII p.
2. Molendijk 2000 – Molendijk A. At the crossroads. Early Dutch science of religion in international perspective // Man, meaning and mystery. 100 years of history of religions in Norway. The heritage of W. Brede Kristensen / Ed. by S. Hijelde. Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, 2000. 301 p.
3. Kraemer, H. (1960), “Introduction”, in Kristensen, W.B., The meaning of religion. Lectures in the phenomenology of religion, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands.
4. Molendijk, A. (2000), “At the crossroads. Early Dutch science of religion in international perspective” in Hijelde, S. (ed.), Man, meaning and mystery. 100 years of history of religions in Norway. The heritage of W. Brede Kristensen, Brill, Leiden, Boston, Köln, Germany, USA.
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Kristensen W.B. The meaning of religion. Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion. 2021;(4):94-116. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2021-4-94-116
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