https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology#As_an_academic_discipline_in_its_own_right https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology#As_an_academic_disc... In some con

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology#As_an_academic_discipline_in_its_own_right https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology#As_an_academic_disc... In some contexts, scholars pursue theology as an academic discipline without formal affiliation to any particular church (though members of staff may well have affiliations to churches), and without focussing on ministerial training. In some contemporary contexts, a distinction is made between theology, which is seen as involving some level of commitment to the claims of the religious tradition being studied, and religious studies, which by contrast is normally seen as requiring that the question of the truth or falsehood of the religious traditions studied be kept outside its field. Religious studies involves the study of historical or contemporary practices or of those traditions' ideas using intellectual tools and frameworks that are not themselves specifically tied to any religious tradition and that are normally understood to be neutral or secular. There is a difference between theology and religious studies.