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Theology and religious studies in higher education : global perspectives / edited by Darlene L. Bird, Simon G. Smith.

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 aim...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Bird, Darlene, Smith, Simon G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009.
Series:Continuum advances in religious studies.
Subjects:
Religion > Study and teaching > Congresses.
Theology > Study and teaching > Congresses.
Universities and colleges > Curricula > Congresses.
Religion.
Religion > Study and teaching.
Theology > Study and teaching.
Universities and colleges > Curricula.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Table of Contents:
  • Religious studies versus theology : why I'm still glad that I converted from theology to religious studies / Denise Cush
  • Theology and religious studies for a multifaith and secular society / David F. Ford
  • Theology and religious studies, or theology versus religious studies? / Gavin D'Costa
  • Theology as the past and future of religious studies : an incarnational approach / Erik Borgman and Stephan van Erp
  • The irony of religious studies : a pro-theological argument from the Swedish experience / Mattias Martinson
  • The inevitability of normativity in the study of religion : theology in religious studies / Thomas A. Lewis
  • Towards a socio-cultural, non-theological definition of religion / James L. Cox
  • A spatial analysis of the relationship between theology and religious studies : knowledge-power strategies and metaphors of containment and separation / Kim Knott
  • "A coat of many colours" : interweaving strands in theology and religious studies / Ursula King
  • Interdisciplinary theology : bridging the theology/religious studies divide / Shannon Craigo-Snell
  • Recent developments in theology and religious studies : the South African experience / J. Jarvis and C.A.E. Moodie
  • The place of theology in Iranian universities : the challenges of teaching theology in modern Iran / Mohammad Sadegh Zahedi
  • The Bible : fringe or hinge? / Hugh Pyper.

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