Philosophy & Religion

Philosophy is the oldest form of systematic, scholarly inquiry. The modern discipline concerns the study of the truths or principles underlying all knowledge, being, and reality, and the critical evaluation of such fundamental doctrines. Religions are complex phenomena, defying definition or summary. As many definitions and theories of religion exist as there are authors to write about it. Three different approaches may be taken to the scholarly study of religion: the historical approach, the phenomenological, and the behavioral or socio-scientific. Explore some of these methods and make your own investigations with the pointers provided below.