The role of religious faith in the search for meaning in Viktor Frankl's works

Religious beliefs can function as a kind of roadmap for individuals to make their lives meaningful. This roadmap includes teachings that determine how individuals cope with their limitations and weaknesses. The search for meaning is one of the fundamental characteristics of human existence. In this quest, religious belief has been important for providing answers and meanings to existential questions. The role of religious belief in the search for meaning largely depends on the individual's belief system. These belief systems offer different answers to questions about the meaning of life, the purpose of existence, death, and the afterlife. Based on the relationship between the search for meaning in human nature and the function of religion as a source of meaning, this study focuses on the role of religious belief in human's search for meaning, according to Frankl. Frankl's ideas about belief in the search for meaning have inspired many therapeutic methods. Building on these ideas, Frankl suggests that individuals use their beliefs to make sense of their own lives. These beliefs can determine individuals' desires and goals. This study examines the role of religious belief in the search for meaning by drawing on Viktor Frankl's works and numerous studies on the subject. The Logotherapy approach developed by Frankl is discussed in relation to the purpose of existential meaning. Accordingly, the study also explores the notion that finding meaning is one of the factors that enables individuals to survive in life. Keywords: Meaning, search for meaning, ultimate meaning, religion, belief, purpose.