The politics of religious studies : the continuing conflict with theology in the academy

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The politics of religious studies : the continuing conflict with theology in the academy

Donald Wiebe

Macmillan, c1999

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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In this volume, Donald Wiebe takes on a debate that has been taking place in universities across North America and Europe for some years: whether to approach religion as a science, free from the dissemination of beliefs and evangelizing, or to study it as a form of faith and therefore draw lines between believers and non-believers. Wiebe argues the former, claiming that if taught in a university, religion must be treated as a science, with all the objectivity and research that are brought to other subjects. He further maintains that the study of theology should take place in seminaries, which are the proper places for the pursuit of religion as a creed. Exploring the true meaning and role of an academic, Wiebe shows how, by propagating religion, instructors are abandoning their academic task to "explain everything and enjoin nothing".

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Preface and Acknowledgements - From Theology to Religious Studies: On the Emergence of a New Science - A Return to Theology: On the Resistance to Scientific Method - Case Studies in the Failure of Nerve - Science, Religion, and the Study of Religion in Debate - Belief, Faith, and the Study of Religion - Theology and the Study of Religion - Humanistic Versus Scientific Study of Religion - A World Academy of Religion? - Select Bibliography - Index

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