Philosophy of Religion

Since philosophy is a necessary activity of the human mind and religion an actual phenomenon of the human spirit, a philosophy of religion becomes an inescapable discipline. However much it may be emphasized with Bonaventura* that the heart makes the theologian, sooner or later head and heart must seek accord. It will not do for the religious man to be with himself at war. Besides, religion is more than a private monopoly of a privileged few; it is both a historical and universal phenomenon and as such must needs become the subject of inquiry and questioning. Philosophy, as man's reflection upon the existence of the world and the significance of human experiences, arose and could only do so in the context of a certain advanced state of civilized life. It is, therefore, the fruit of society's maturer age, not of its youthful springtime. Religion, on the other hand, is as old as man, so that there is cogency in the remark of [[Max Müller]]* that the true history of mankind is the history