What is Philosophy of Religion? The Nature of Philosophy of Religion

The philosophy of religion as a discipline has no long history. Explaining various dimensions of philosophy of religion, this paper tries to distinguish it from apologetic, contemporary and ancient theology. The definition of philosophy and religion determine the definition of philosophy of religion and given their various definitions, the philosophy of religion has different definitions. The accepted definition of philosophy of religion in this paper is as follow: a rational activity aimed to justify or reject the main doctrines of religion and their consistency with each other, and to evaluate them critically.