CEVAP:

The phenomenological approach has been criticized on a number of counts. One view is that it is guilty of “cognitive reductionism”, and places too great emphasis on subjective meanings of culture as well as assuming that there is a common culture shared by all members of society. Also challenged is the assumption that religion is, in fact, a universal human need when some people appear to live fulfilling lives without religious belief. A further criticism is that, in common with many functionalists, this approach neglects to examine the conflict that sometimes rages between and within religious faiths. Besides, rather like functionalists, they tend to assume that religion unites society and they neglect examples of societies where religion is divisive or causes conflict. Furthermore, they tend to think that religious beliefs are widely held, and they
fail to account for continued existence of societies where many members are indifferent to religion.