Phenomenology of Religion: A Bridge between the Scholarly Study of Religion and Religious Education

Summary

How is it possible to integrate the teaching of Christianity and other religions in a common perspective? How this question gradually has imposed itself upon teachers of religion is illustrated by reference to the Danish experience. A similar question has challenged scholars of religions, resulting in the emergence of a new approach, called the Phenomenology of Religion. Finally, it is suggested how teachers might benefit from this scholarly enterprise.

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Bent Smidt Hansen

Bent Smidt Hansen is Senior Lecturer in the Phenomenology of Religion in the History of Religions Department, University of Aarhus, Denmark. In 1971‐1972 he was a Visiting Professor at the United Theological College in Bangalore, India. He is co‐editor of and contributor to a Phenomenology of Religion Scries, Copenhagen 1977 ff.