The Ethics of Being a Theologian

Autor/in	Noll, K. L.
Titel	The Ethics of Being a Theologian
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2009) 42, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Religion; Intellectual Disciplines; Religion Studies; Ethics; Scholarship; Epistemology; Theological Education; Philosophy; Religious Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geisteswissenschaften; Religionswissenschaft; Ethik; Scholarships; Stipendium; Erkenntnistheorie; Philosophie; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik
Abstract	Most people do not understand what religious study really is. Professors of religion are often confused with, or assumed to be allies of, professors of theology. The reason for the confusion is no secret. All too often, even at public universities, the religion department is peopled by theologians, and many of those theologians refuse to make the distinction that the author makes in this article. Religious study attempts to advance knowledge by advancing individuals' understanding about why and how humans are religious, what religion actually does, and how religion has evolved historically. Theology also views itself as an academic discipline, but it does not attempt to advance knowledge. Rather, theologians practice and defend religion. Theology is a set of words about a god; therefore, while theology is one of many objects of investigation for a religion researcher, it is the substance of the scholarship produced by a theologian. The author requests that theologians fulfill basic ethical obligations, such as the affirmation that theology is not knowledge and must position itself apart from those academic disciplines that try to advance knowledge, such as history, anthropology, religious study, and (perhaps especially) the natural sciences. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10