THE PROBLEM OF (CHRISTIAN) RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE: HEIDEGGER’S PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION

Abstract

In his early works Heidegger focusses the problem of factic living experience usingthe analysis of Christian religious experience. The aim of this paper is to reveal the character of thisHeidegger’s interest for Christianity and to determine the significance of his dialogue with Christianthinkers for the development of his fundamental ontology. Heidegger’s analysis of Christianity isinterpreted in view of its contribution to philosophy of religion as the phenomenology of religion.