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Podcast: For the Life of the World / Yale Center for Faith & Culture
Episode: Tyler Roberts / Taking Theology Seriously: A Perspective from Outside Christian Theology
Description: Over the past two centuries, colleges have slowly replaced theology departments with religious studies departments. But what happens when theology becomes religious studies? It can produce a more neutral, observational approach that might not fully appreciate the normative claims of religious adherents and their values, commitments, and beliefs.A careful historical and objective study of religious history and the dimensions of religious practice are deeply valuable. But engaging religious texts and voices without a serious appreciation for the normative elements—that is, the things about a theological or religious idea that means your life would have to ch...