Inter-religious Studies: Reconciling Theology and Religious Studies

This chapter introduces inter-religious studies as a sub-discipline related to both theology and religious studies. In a multi-cultural context, conventional theological approaches based merely on a particular religious tradition would not be adequate. At the same time, religious studies disconnected from a real faith community would also contribute too little to societal life. Inter-religious studies have the potentials to enrich both theology and religious studies in order for them to be more relevant to the contemporary situation.