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Religious Literacy in the Context of Theology and Religious Studies

Higton, Mike; Ford, David

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Authors

David Ford



Contributors

Adam Dinham
Editor

Matthew Francis
Editor

Abstract

‘Theology and Religious Studies’ has become, in the UK, a catch-all phrase for the academic study of religion. Several universities have a ‘Department of Theology and Religious Studies’ (Kings College London, Nottingham, Leeds, Chester, Glasgow, and several others), advocacy for the field is carried out by a body called ‘Theology and Religious Studies UK’ (TRS UK, formerly the Association of University Departments of Theology and Religious Studies, or AUDTRS), and in 2000 representatives of British university departments of divinity, theology, religion, religious studies, biblical studies and various combinations of those terms met under the auspices of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and agreed on a ‘benchmarking statement’ for the field using the phrase ‘Theology and Religious Studies’ as their heading.

Citation

Higton, M., & Ford, D. (2015). Religious Literacy in the Context of Theology and Religious Studies. In A. Dinham, & M. Francis (Eds.), Religious literacy in policy and practice (39-54). Policy Press

Publication Date Mar 18, 2015
Deposit Date May 5, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 18, 2017
Publisher Policy Press
Pages 39-54
Book Title Religious literacy in policy and practice.
Chapter Number 3
Publisher URL http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447316657

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