Religion and Myth: A Critical View on al-Sawah’s Approach to Religion
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Abstract:
This research pursues the explanation of the approach of Firas al-Sawah (born 1941), the Syrian sociologist and theologian toward religion. Adopting the phenomenological method, he has studied and understood religion from a mythological point of view. In this article, we will show that his theory has many deficiencies coming from his focusing on the historical and mythological point of view: secularizing the foundations of the religious beliefs and origins of religious traditions, relying on unregulated interpretation, reducing revelation to religious experience, paving the way for diverse readings of religion, giving a mythical explanation of sacred events and figures in the history of religions, presenting a vague interpretation of the monotheistic nature (Fitrah) of human beings. Having an analytical method and citing excerpts from his works, we will explain these disadvantages in his theory.
Keywords:
myth , religion , spirituality , Shari'a , historical approach , al-Sawah
Language:
Persian
Published:
Philosophy Of Religion Research, Volume:19 Issue: 2, 2022
Pages:
49 to 66
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