Maya Warrier was a Reader in Religious Studies at the University of Winchester, UK. Simon Oliver is Van Mildert Professor of Divinity, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, UK.

• Introduction - Dr Maya Warrier, University of Wales, LampeterSECTION 1: Concepts and Categories in Theology and Religious StudiesAnthropology, religion and time: an anthropological perspective on Theology and Religious Studies - Dr Timothy Jenkins, University of Cambridge, UKMediating between 'lifeworlds' and 'systems': a response to Timothy Jenkins - Dr Mark Cartledge, University of Birmingham, UKPhenomenology at the crossroads: the debate between theological and scientific approaches to the study of religion - Professor James L. Cox, University of Edinburgh, UKGynocritical and gender- critical turns in Theology and Religious Studies: a paradigm shift or dead end? - Professor Ursula King, University of Bristol, UKSECTION 2: The Disciplines and Their BoundariesBridging the gap between Theology and Religious Studies: the significance of new frameworks of thinking in New Testament interpretation - Dr Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Wales, Lampeter, UKOn the coming together of Theology and Religious Studies - Professor Paul Badham, University of Wales, Lampeter, UKThe debate on disciplinary identity in the historiography of Religious Studies - Dr Steven Sutcliffe, University of Edinburgh, UK'Religious ethics' and 'Christian ethics': What are scholars for? - Dr Neil Messer, University of Wales, Lampeter, UKWhat, if anything, can Theology offer to Religious Studies? - Dr Simon Oliver, University of Wales, Lampeter, UKJesus at the borders of belief: a phenomenological test of a pluralist Christology - Gregory A. Barker, Trinity College, Carmarthen, UKSECTION 3: Practical Issues in Teaching and LearningFailing Religious Studies - Dr Chris Arthur, University of Wales, Lampeter, UKReligious Studies and Theology in the context of secular higher education - Dr Gwilym Beckerlegge, University College Cork, Ireland'Learning about and learning from': reflections on the significance of Theology/Religious Studies debates for modern Religious Education - Dr Wendy Dossett, University of Wales, Lampeter, UKRitualisation and Religious Studies: theory, practice and the experiential learning process in post-traditional society - Professor Richard Roberts, University of Stirling, UK

'This book raises important, contemporary questions about the relationship between Theology and Religious Studies. The editors have done an exemplary job in bringing together scholars in both fields and in demonstrating their shared domains of interest. This book should be read by all interested in the nature of religion and the nature of the discourse about it.' Professor Gavin Flood