Phenomenology and Revelation

The notion of revelation or manifestation is absolutely crucial to the task of phenomenology. Many early phenomenological thinkers considered questions of divine revelation and human religious experience. More recently, the topic has again become a central topic in French phenomenology. The present special issue takes up the thought of some of these thinkers while also developing the topic in new directions. This introduction will lay the groundwork for the more specialized conversation in the various contributions by providing a broader introduction to the notion of revelation in these two key phenomenological debates: the early dialogue in the 1920s and the more recent discussion, roughly a century later.