The Secret Origins of Religion? The View of Sándor Makkai Cover Image

Mi a vallás keletkezésének titka? Makkai Sándor felfogása
The Secret Origins of Religion? The View of Sándor Makkai

Author(s): Csaba Máté Sarnyai
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion
Published by: Erdélyi Református Egyházkerület
Keywords: Makkai Sándor;

Summary/Abstract: In this study we analyse some aspects of Sándor Makkai’s approach to religion. According to Makkai, the most important and most fundamental question of religious psychology is the mysterious origin of religion. When this question is answered, the essence of the essence of the psychology of religion will also be identified. Philosophy, social studies, science, sociopsychology and empirical psychology all intend to address issues familiar within the realms of the psychology of religion, including the aforementioned focal question. Makkai points out why the disciplines mentioned cannot, in his view, correctly approach psychology of religion and define religion itself. Makkai argues that the epistemological psychology of Károly Böhm provides the most fitting psychological description of the origins of religion. With this starting point, he delineates his interpretation of the concept of religion and of the religious experience.

  • Issue Year: 112/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 143-152
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Hungarian