Theology from the perspective of Wittgenstein's late philosophy

Wittgenstein's philosophical life is divided into two periods. This division is due to the fact that at least once he underwent a deep intellectual transformation and built a new philosophy. Wittgenstein's main concern was language and how language works. This question occupied Wittgenstein all his life. But the sphere of influence of Wittgenstein's ideas was not limited to the realm of language and expanded to other spheres including religion. The following article describes Wittgenstein's later philosophical view and its connection with his view of theology. This article tries to explore the characteristics of philosophical research from the point of view of late Wittgenstein with a descriptive-analytical method and then express its consequences for theology. According to Wittgenstein's later philosophy, knowing the correct use of language can have results in understanding religion. From this point of view, the skill of linguistic analysis gives strength to philosophical analyzes about religion. The author believes that many of Wittgenstein's ideas and claims are true and are part of the philosophical problems arising from the fact that we have not understood the logic of the language of religious propositions correctly and we use words and sentences incorrectly. We really sometimes fall under the spell of our language and correct linguistic analyzes make us aware of the magic of language. But the late Wittgenstein's method of dealing with philosophy, which examines not the phenomena themselves, but the grammar and the use of words, may cause the neglect of important questions about metaphysical realities, and the philosopher of religion entertains linguistic analyzes and distracts him from deep and important issues. is blocked