Whose Theology? The Promise of Cognitive Theories and the Future of a Disputed Field
- Author(s)
- Nikolaos Roumpekas
- Abstract
Within a general attempt to reconceptualise theology and its position in the modern university, the paper argues that the cognitive science of religion offers a great opportunity to modern the- ology to engage into interdisciplinary research that could be proven especially profitable to its future. By drawing examples from contemporary Greece and a religious ritual that is disputed by the official Christian Orthodox Church as well as from historical theology and the Arian con- troversy in the fourth century CE, I argue that Justin Barrett’s cognitive theory of religion, known as ‘Theological Correctness’, can provide to theology a useful tool in understanding the religious beliefs of everyday believers. Without discounting other methodologies, theories, and interpreta- tions, this paper argues that there is space for cognitive theories within theological research that could only benefit theology and its future in the twenty-first century.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Religious Studies
- Journal
- Religion and Theology : a journal of contemporary religious discourse
- Volume
- 20
- Pages
- 384-402
- No. of pages
- 19
- ISSN
- 1023-0807
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15743012-12341270
- Publication date
- 2013
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 603222 Systematic theology, 603909 Religious studies
- Keywords
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/whose-theology-the-promise-of-cognitive-theories-and-the-future-of-a-disputed-field(01e81a80-86aa-4377-8fd2-bf3870eb2454).html