Global Phenomenologies of Religion

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.

• Introduction Satoko Fujiwara, David Thurfjell and Steven Engler 1. Semantic Confusions and the Mysteries of Life —Sweden Interviewee: Ulf Drobin, Stockholm University Interviewer: David Thurfjell 2. Universal Parallels, Meaningful Lives and Predisposed Minds - Finland Interviewees & Interviewers: Veikko Anttonen, University of Turku (retired), and Teuvo Laitila, University of Eastern Finland 3. Phenomenology of Religion Meets Theory of Science: A Lethal Encounter —Germany Interviewees: Peter Antes, Leibniz University of Hannover (retired), and Hubert Seiwert University of LeipzigInterviewer: Katja Triplett, University of Leipzig 4. NEC CUM TE NEC SINE TE: The Phenomenologies of Religion— Italy Interviewee: Giovanni Casadio, University of Salerno Interviewer: Alessandro Testa, Charles University, Prague 5. “What’s Wrong with Philosophy?”— Japan Interviewees: Toshimaro Hanazono, University of Tohoku (retired), and Yoshiko Oda Interviewer: Satoko Fujiwara 6. The Grammar to Read ‘Religion in Culture’: From ‘Phenomenology of Religion’ to ‘Studies of the Religious Phenomenon – South Korea Interviewee: Chin-Hong Chung, Seoul National University Interviewer: Sukman Jang, Seoul National University 7. Philosophical, Existential and Therapeutic Phenomenologies of Religion – Canada Interviewee: Earle H. Waugh, University of Alberta Interviewer: Steven Engler 8. “Why … So Complicated?”; “a Term with No Subscribers”—The United States Interviewees: Charles Long, University of California, Sana Barbara (retired), and Ivan Strenski, University of California, Riverside (retired) Interviewer: Eric Ziolkowski, Lafayette College 9. A Proposal for an Epistemologically Humble Phenomenology – The United Kingdom Interviewee: Denise Cush, Bath Spa University Interviewer: Suzanne Owen, Leeds Trinity University 10. “There Was No Dutch School of Phenomenology of Religion”: Academic Implacability and Historical Accidents – The Netherlands Interviewee: Jan G. Platvoet, Leiden University (retired) Interviewer: Markus Altena Davidsen, Leiden University Afterword Satoko Fujiwara, David Thurfjell and Steven Engler