Gustav Mensching with his studies in the history of religions

Gustav Mensching, an important German scientist of religion in the XXth century, has a lot of studies in history of religions and in comparative religions. According to Mensching, the science of religion starts with the history of religion and it reaches with the comparative/systematic science of religion to the top. Firstly Mensching, classifies the religions into national religions and international religions. National religions are these in which the population is the carrier of the religion and the liberation is achieved among the population. By exceeding the area and its people, where the universal religions emerged, the universal religions are approved and spread between different regions and nations. In this classification Mensching, determines each religion's features and at the same time, he indicates that he practices one aspect of the typology of religion. According to Mensching, another aspect of the typology of religion is to examine different religions under certain religion types by revealing similarities. After Mensching's typology of religion, incidental features cannot explain a real religion type. "Type" describes the different characteristics of religions e.g. the knowledge about God, the way and the aim of liberation, the emergence of the religion and the experience of God. Mensching, draws attention that in particular the typology of religion, which is seen as a branch of the comparative religions, are important to understand the religions. Besides, the main duty of the science of religion is to understand the religious structures. To understand these, it is necessary to learn the religious manifestations and phenomena. It is the task of the systematic sciences of religion to specify how the manifestations of the sanctity is understood in all religions.