În articol este analizat statutul epistemic al antropologiei religiei ridicat pe explicarea şi interpretarea formelor de experienţă religioasă. Abordările hermeneutice şi fenomenologice sunt descrise ca metode indispensabile pentru cercetarea antropologică a experienţei religioase.

The present article has as a goal the analysis of the epistemic status of the anthropology of religion raised up on the explanation and interpretation of the forms of religious experience. The study exposed in this article tries to describe and, finally, to legitimate the hermeneutical and phenomenological approaches as indispensable methods for anthropological research of religious experience.