Research Article / Araştırma Makalesi Cite as/ Atıf: Çetin, E. (2021). Günümüz dünyasında din felsefesinin yeri ve önemi. Turkish Studies - Religion, 16(1), 1-15. https://dx.doi.org/10.47091/TurkishStudies. 48346 Received/Geliş: 13 December/Aralık 2020 Checked by plagiarism software Accepted/Kabul: 25 March/Mart 2021 Published/Yayın: 30 March/Mart 2021 CC BY-NC 4.0 Günümüz Dünyasında Din Felsefesinin Yeri ve Önemi The Place and Importance of Philosophy of Religion in Today's World Erol Çetin * Abstract: Philosophy of religion has an active role in explaining matters such as making sense of human existence, questioning its existence in the world, understanding the nature of one's own self and other beings around it. In this context, the philosophy of religion is the subject of religion, which has a vital importance in affecting and directing human life, from a philosophical point of view. From past to present, human beings have not been able to stop believing and thinking. At this point, it is seen that almost every person believes in the existence of a transcendent power, albeit with different shapes and imaginations, and this belief seriously shapes his thoughts and actions. Likewise, each individual existing; It can be stated that he tries to make sense of his existence by obtaining information about himself, his environment, the world he lives in, the structure of the world, living and non-living beings. Today, people suffer serious existential pains in understanding themselves and the world they live in. In other words, people have come face to face with the problem of holding on to life in today's world. At this point, the philosophy of religion to people; It helps them to show resistance to life, to make their existence more meaningful, to put their relations with the world into a healthy framework. In this context, it is possible to say that people are increasingly interested in matters that philosophy of religion deal with such as the presence or absence of God, the nature of the problem of evil, the internalization of belief and moral values, the relationship between religion and science, the relationship between religion and morality, religion and art. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the issues that make the field of philosophy of religion gradually gain importance from a philosophical perspective. Structured abstract: Philosophy of religion emerges as a discipline that approaches religion in a holistic and inclusive way in terms of addressing all the theoretical, practical and experiential aspects of religion, by discussing the dimensions of metaphysics, belief and doctrine, as well as worship, morality, treatment, aesthetics and art. In this context, philosophy of religion requires knowledge of the nature of religion and what it contains. Critical and rational thinking about religion can only be possible after that. Focus on the correctness and reasonableness of religious belief helps to distinguish the philosophy of religion from other academic disciplines that study religion. The philosophy of religion has a unique appeal. Philosophy of religion subjects consistently fall between the two fields, such as religion and philosophy, religion and science, religion and morality, religion and art. In this context, it can be easily stated that the philosophy of religion has a character that tries to find the way and builds bridges. For the philosophy of religion has the potential to offer us a perspective that will enable us to address problems in a new way. * Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi, Felsefe ve Din Bilimleri Bölümü, Din Felsefesi Anabilim Dalı Asst. Prof. Dr. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Faculty of Theology, Department of Philosophy and Religion Sciences, Department of Philosophy of Religion 0000-0001-7732-2487 erolcetin_er@hotmail.com