Description: The phenomenology of religion is a branch of religious study that claims to represent the core of the study of religion as an autonomous discipline. First used as a term by the Dutch scholar Chantepie de la Saussaye in 1887, it was developed by Gerdardus van der Leeuw in the 1930s and 40s, became popular in the 1960s and 70s and then
Brief description: Satoko Fujiwara is Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Letters, at the University of Tokyo. David Thurfjel is a professor in the Department for the Study of Religions at Sodertorn University in Stockholm, Sweden. Steven Engler is Professor of Religious Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada.