Theology and Religious Studies in Higher Education Global Perspectives

by Bird, Darlene L.; Smith, Simon G.

• ISBN13: 9781847063120
• ISBN10: 1847063128
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781441156648
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-22
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Theology and religious studies co-exist in the majority of departments in higher education institutions, 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. Th

Author Biography

Darlene L. Bird is currently Lecturer in the Centre for Academic Practice at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK. Simon G. Smith is Co-Director at the Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies based in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Religious Studies versus Theology: Why I'm still Glad that I Converted from Theology to Religious Studies	p. 15
Theology and Religious Studies for a Multifaith and Secular Society	p. 31
Theology and Religious Studies OR Theology versus Religious Studies?	p. 44
Theology as the Past and Future of Religious Studies: An Incarnational Approach	p. 55
The Irony of Religious Studies: A Pro-theological Argument from the Swedish Experience	p. 74
The Inevitability of Normativity in the Study of Religion: Theology in Religious Studies	p. 87
Towards a Socio-cultural, Non-theological Definition of Religion	p. 99
A Spatial Analysis of the Relationship between Theology and Religious Studies: Knowledge-power Strategies and Metaphors of Containment and Separation	p. 117
'A Coat of Many Colours': Interweaving Strands in Theology and Religious Studies	p. 139
Interdisciplinary Theology: Bridging the Theology/ Religious Studies Divide	p. 151
Recent Developments in Theology and Religious Studies: The South African Experience	p. 162
The Place of Theology in Iranian Universities: The Challenges of Teaching Theology in Modern Iran	p. 175
The Bible: Fringer or Hinge?	p. 184
Index	p. 191
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