The Analysis and Criticism of Schleiermacher's Conventional Approach to Religion

The sings of conventionality in Schleiermacher's reading of religion shows that religious experience has had no results and has not only bestowed religion with no superiority but also has put it in a conventional way. Reducing religion to a personal religious experience, putting aside the sacred book as a set of divine decrees and reducing it to a book for registering religious experience, neglecting the role of intellect, divine law, religious rituals, and metaphysics as well as Schleiermacher's humanistic and spiritual approach to religion can be considered as signs of conventionality in his religious thinking. He has moved the religion from the realm of knowledge and practice to the personal world of ascetic sensations. The present paper tries to elaborate on Schleiermacher's religious approach and show the conventional elements in his approach. The research method is documentary when reffering to the views and analytical- critical when analyzing the content.