Abstract:

Beginning with distinguishing two kinds of understanding of religion, the paper discusses the significance, function and limits of rationality and scientificity of the science of religion as a discipline of humanities. It then analyzes the context of conflicts a-mong different definitions of religion and stresses the necessity of avoiding any dogmatic stance in the research of religious problems. The paper outlines the author's interpretation of scientificity of the science of religion and ends with the proposition that the problem of "subjectivity" of the science of religion must be dealt with properly.

Key words: study of religion, disciplinary nature, norm, limits