The Phenomenological Approach to the Study of Religion Requires the Student

question 30

Multiple Choice

The phenomenological approach to the study of religion requires the student to __________.

• A) accept as factual everything they are told by the representatives of the religion under investigation
• B) evaluate a religion from the perspective of the outside observer
• C) judge the validity of a religious tradition based on the student's presuppositions
• D) understand a religion from the perspective of persons within that particular religious tradition

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