Religious Studies, Theology, and the University

Linell E. Cady is Professor of Religious Studies at Arizona State University and author of Religion, Theology, and American Public Life, also published by SUNY Press. Delwin Brown is Harvey H. Potthoff Professor of Theology at the Iliff School of Theology. He has published several books, including Boundaries of Our Habitations: Tradition and Theological Construction, also published by SUNY Press.

• Preface 1. IntroductionLinell E. Cady and Delwin Brown 2. The Study of Religion as an Anthropology of CredibilityRussell T. McCutcheon 3. Why "Theology" Won't WorkIvan Strenski 4. Our Subject "Over There?" Scrutinizing the Distance Between Religion and Its StudyChristopher Chesnek 5. Other People's Theologies:The New Hubris of History of ReligionsRichard C. Martin 6. Embodied TheologySam Gill 7. From Theology to theology: The Place of "God-Talk" in Religious StudiesWilliam D. Hart 8. Territorial Disputes: Religious Studies and Theology in TransitionLinell E. Cady 9. Academic Theology in the University or Why an Ex-Queen's Heir Should Be Made a SubjectDelwin Brown 10. Rethinking Theology and Religious StudiesSheila Greeve Davaney 11. Religious Studies and the Alienation of TheologyDarrell J. Fasching 12. The Place of Academic Theology in the Study of Religion from the Perspective of Liberal EducationPaula M. Cooey 13. The Epistemic Publicity of Academic Black TheologyFrederick L.Ware 14. Theology and Cultural Contest in the UniversityKathryn Tanner Bibliography Contributors Index

"On the whole, the authors are scholars whose views on the subject we want to hear, with a good mix of seasoned and new voices. They present us with several good descriptions of the complex, ambiguous, historical, and conceptual relationships of theology and religious studies." — William E. Paden, author of Religious Worlds: The Comparative Study of Religion, Second Edition and Interpreting the Sacred: Ways of Viewing Religion"The usefulness of this book cannot be overstressed. It speaks to the new developments toward global issues and pluralism now being engaged in new ways by scholars in related fields." — Robert M. Garvin, University at Albany, State University of New York