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Zusatztext "The impact of religion on the world in which we live is of great significance for communities' values, politics, and social practices. The ways in which we study religion are therefore very important. In this interesting volume, Simon Smith and Darlene Bird have brought together many views and nuances in the debate between Theology and Religious Studies. This book should be read by everyone interested in the nature of religion, how academics should approach religion, and the place of religion in late modernity" - Gavin Flood, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK Informationen zum Autor Darlene L. Bird is 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. Vorwort A collection of essays by some of today's leading academics on the sometimes contentious relationship between religious studies and theology. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays on the sometimes contentious relationship between religious studies and theology. It addresses such issues as the place of theology within universities; the problem of clashing methodologies in theology and religious studies; and the possibility for a 'theological religious studies'. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors Introduction 1. Religious Studies versus Theology: why I'm still glad that I ‘converted' from Theology to Religious Studies Denise Cush (Queen Margaret University, UK) 2. Theology and Religious Studies for a Multifaith and Secular Society David F. Ford (University of Cambridge, UK) 3. Theology and Religious Studies OR Theology versus Religious Studies? Gavin D'Costa (University of Bristol, UK) 4. Theology as Past and Future of Religious Studies: An Incarnational Approach Erik Borgman (Yilbery University, Netherlands) and Stephan van Erp (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands) 5. The Irony of Religious Studies: A Pro-Theological Argument from the Swedish Experience Mattias Martinson (Uppsala University, Sweden) 6. The Inevitability of Normativity in the Study of Religion: Theology in Religious Studies Thomas Lewis (Brown University, USA) 7. Towards a Socio-Cultural, Non-Theological Definition of Religion James Cox (University of Edinburgh, UK) 8. A Spatial Analysis of the Relationship between Theology and Religious Studies: knowledge-power strategies and metaphors of containment and separation Kim Knott (University of Leeds, UK) 9. ‘A Coat of Many Colours': Interweaving Strands in Theology and Religious Studies Ursula King (Bristol University, UK) 10. Interdisciplinary Theology: Bridging the Theology / Religious Studies Divide Shannon Craigo-Snell (Yale University, USA) 11. Recent Developments in Theology and Religious Studies: The South African Experience J. Jarvis (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) and C.A.E. Moodie (Theological Education By Extension College, Johannesburg, South Africa) 12. The Place of Theology in Iranian Universities: The Challenges of Teaching Theology in Modern Iran Mohammad Sadegh Zahedi (Imam Khomeini International University, Iran) 13. The Bible: Fringe or Hinge? Hugh Pyper (University of Sheffield, UK) ...
