A Phenomenological Escape from Russell's Critique in "Why Am I Not a Christian?" On the Prejudice of Religious People

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1 Director in charge of the Cultural Institute and Publisher of Humanities Books

2 Faculty member

10.22080/jepr.2026.29315.1282

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In the current century, a great philosopher like Bertrand Russell has confronted the world of faith and theology with fundamental challenges, the essence of which can be found in the concept of "religious bigotry."According to her opinion in the book "Why Am I Not a Christian?", Religion leads to prejudice, and the prejudice of religious people will result in nothing but petrification and dogmatism, which the present study interpreted as "arrogance."Apart from her view of all religious believers, especially Christian believers, it seems that, from a phenomenological perspective, to pathologize Russell's statement and ultimately respond to her criticism, we must first pay attention to the "academic theologians" as the leaders and influencers in this field. The following article has attempted to address the issue of arrogance in this field by using a phenomenological method based on objective-applied manifestations and a descriptive-analytical type; due to the novelty of the subject and the lack of necessary specialized resources, relying on argumentative perspectives and based on a self-constructed and experience-oriented theoretical movement, while presenting a clear picture of academic theology, in relation to it.And as a result, it offers solutions to overcome this unfortunate intellectual and behavioral dilemma. As a result, it recommends strategic reasoning principles to the principle of research and investigation, the systematic application of which will reduce the prejudice of religious people and the resulting arrogance in the thought and practice of professors and students in the field of academic theology, and consequently, free them from Russellian criticism.

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