PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION: ; FENOMENOLOGÍA DE LA RELIGIÓN: ; FENOMENOLOGIA DA RELIGIÃO

The text we present is the first chapter of the book The meaning of religion: lectures in the phenomenology of religion, by William Brede Kristensen (1867-1953). This work, originally published in 1960 by the Dutch publisher Martinus Nijhoff, is a translation from Dutch into English of part of the lectures given by Kristensen when he worked as professor of Study of Religion at the University of Leiden (1901-1937), in the Netherlands, being the successor to the professorship previously occupied by Cornelis Petrus Tiele (1830-1902). In his book, Kristensen makes an important contribution to the theoretical-methodological discussion of the Study of Religion by presenting a non-essentialist phenomenological approach, offering a counterpoint to the dominant phenomenological approaches of his time – in addition to elaborating his own organization of the work fronts of the Study of Religion and its competencies within this discipline. The initial chapter of this work was called General Introduction, and was divided into three sections: a) Phenomenology of Religion; b) The Holy; c) The two types of religious orientation. In this translation, we believe it is more coherent to present it with the title of Phenomenology of Religion, followed by a general introduction, maintaining its subdivision into three sections. ; El texto que presentamos es el primer capítulo del libro The meaning of religion: lectures in the phenomenology of religion, de William Brede Kristensen (1867-1953). Esta obra, publicada originalmente en 1960 por el editor holandés Martinus Nijhoff, es una traducción del holandés al inglés de parte de las conferencias impartidas por Kristensen cuando era profesor de Ciencia de la Religión en la Universidad de Leiden (1901-1937), en el Países Bajos, siendo sucesor de la cátedra ocupaba Cornelis Petrus Tiele (1830-1902). En su libro, Kristensen hace una importante contribución a la discusión teórico-metodológica de la Ciencia de la Religión al presentar un enfoque fenomenológico no esencialista, ofreciendo un ...