Philosophy of Philosophy of Religion

Philosophy of religion nowadays is one of most preval entfields of study of religion. This assay puts philosophy ofreligion as its subject matter discussing its various aspectsincluding backgro und, definition, subject, questions and itsnature. Despite of the old-age of philosophical reflections inreligious issues, philosophy of religion in its exact meaninghas begun by Hegel.The definition of philosophy of religion is difficult for threereason: a) the difficulty of defining its components (philosophyand religion) , b) multiplicity of its topics and c) diverse conceptof the relationship of philosophy with religion . Yet it has beendefined in two ways:I) Philosophical defense of religion, and2) Philosophical reflection about religious topics.During this assay, it will be clarified that philosophy ofreligion is a first-order discipline that philosophizes aboutreligious concepts, ideas and deeds. But this philosophizingabout religion is not the simple application of rational thinkingin the religious issues; rather multiple western philosophicalschools are the watering place of philosophy of religion. Indead, belonging to a specific philosophical school andpossessing particular philosophical ideas, each philosopherbegins to study aspects of religion and theorize about it.There are different sorts of questions discussed in philosophy ofreligion: some discuss about religion as a whole, others discusscommon issues of theistic religions, and three investigate someparticular doctrines of some religion.Finally, we can conclude that it is possible or even necessary tohave an Islamic Philosophy of Religion. It would bephilosophical scrutiny on religious issues especially Islamicones, based on Islamic philosophy