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Seconded. By and large you will find more theists in philosophy than you will in RLST. This is anecdotal, but you'll also likely find fewer theistic students in RLST as well, since theists who want to study religion are much more likely to go into theology. I had a number of classmates as an undergrad who made the mistake of taking RLST courses thinking they would be theology and ended up getting really really upset when professors started making claims like "Christian worship is essentially folk magic."

Unsigned, by: ORavenhurst / talkDo You Believe That?13:38, 1 November 2012

Thirded. And fundamentalists tend to stay away from or get broken by theology courses as well to the best of my knowledge - any good course will go into details like the Documentary Hypothesis (I believe that researching 'JEPD' with no explanation given is a first week excercise on the Oxford University course). If you want a bad course, you need to look at the institutions - I don't care whether it's Theology, Religious Studies, or Bible Studies (although I believe the bad ones are more likely to offer the latter), a decent academic university is likely to offer a good course that is subversive to most forms of fundamentalism as it provides context. On the other hand a course at somewhere like Liberty University or Bob Jones University is likely to encourage fundamentalism, no matter what the course name.

Neonchameleon (talk)18:23, 14 November 2012

Though the question is then how much is really "theology", and not better described as "history" or "sociology" but with a specific focus on religion(s). Mostly the problem is because the t-word is a bit stained and tainted thanks to its association with Bob-Jones-style theology.

Scarlet A.pngmoralModerator16:58, 15 November 2012

well the original was "religious studies" not theology. ;-) but theology can be very academic, or it can be bob-jones.

Green mowse.pngGodot She was a venus demilo in her sister's jeans17:00, 15 November 2012