METHODOLOGY AND PROBLEMS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL HERMENEUTICSA PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO QUR’ĀN

The present study attempts to determine the methods of psychological hermeneutics. We have attempted to establish the related methods based on the views and applications by researchers with an interest in psychological hermeneutics. Concluded determinations are not the final destination in this field. Determined methods are not absolute and constant. We hope that with future additions or subtractions, psychological hermeneutics methodology will be determined conclusively and thus, would obtain a permanent system. A substantial literature has accumulated in the field of psychological hermeneutics. This fact necessitates the development of a specific methodology system for future psychological hermeneutics studies. Based on the methods developed by psychological hermeneutics studies conducted so far and methods developed by other schools of commentary, it is possible to establish a specific methodology in this field.