Theology and religious studies in higher education
Subtitle: global perspectives
By: edited by Darlene L. Bird, Simon G. Smith.
Contributors: Bird, Darlene.; Smith, Simon G.
Series: Continuum advances in religious studies
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781847063113; 9781847063120
Subjects: Religion -- Study and teaching -- Congresses; Theology -- Study and teaching -- Congresses; Universities and colleges -- Curricula -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: "Theology and religious studies co-exist in the majority of departments in higher education institutions within the UK, yet there has been very little debate or discussion on how these two disciplines relate to one another in this context and on a more general level. This new collection of essays aims to redress the balance and to add to fruitful discussion in this area Including essays by some of today's leading academics on the sometimes contentious relationship between religious studies - or the study of religions - and theology, this volume is international in scope, with contributions from scholars from the UK, USA, South Africa, Netherlands, Sweden and Iran. Many of the essays offer a contextualised account of the evolving relationship between the disciplines. The contributors address such issues as the place of theology within today's universities; the problem of clashing methodologies in theology and religious studies; the possibility for a 'theological religious studies'; approaching the study of religions without theology; interdisciplinary approaches for bridging the theology/religious studies divide; and the place of biblical studies in the theology/religious studies debate."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Religious studies versus theology : why I'm still glad that I converted from theology to religious studies / Denise Cush; title: Theology and religious studies for a multifaith and secular society / David F. Ford; title: Theology and religious studies, or theology versus religious studies? / Gavin D'Costa; title: Theology as the past and future of religious studies : an incarnational approach / Erik Borgman and Stephan van Erp; title: The irony of religious studies : a pro-theological argument from the Swedish experience / Mattias Martinson; title: The inevitability of normativity in the study of religion : theology in religious studies / Thomas A. Lewis; title: Towards a socio-cultural, non-theological definition of religion / James L. Cox; title: A spatial analysis of the relationship between theology and religious studies : knowledge-power strategies and metaphors of containment and separation / Kim Knott; title: "A coat of many colours" : interweaving strands in theology and religious studies / Ursula King; title: Interdisciplinary theology : bridging the theology/religious studies divide / Shannon Craigo-Snell; title: Recent developments in theology and religious studies : the South African experience / J. Jarvis and C.A.E. Moodie; title: The place of theology in Iranian universities : the challenges of teaching theology in modern Iran / Mohammad Sadegh Zahedi; title: The Bible : fringe or hinge? / Hugh Pyper.