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Note that you don't have to be a believer to be a theologian. It is the study of religion and religious beliefs - a branch of sociology, which AFAICR, is still considered a science.
Sociology, Psychology, Theology and others are sciences based on humans and their thoughts, behaviours, actions etc... therefore, a different, yet still scientific approach to learning and research is taken than from say Physics.
Try to get two Psychologists to agree on anything... [img]smile.gif[/img]
EDIT: Do people agree that the study of all ancient texts is an important part of science? It's subject matter does not IMHO diminish it's relevance as a historical piece of literature.[/QB]
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Heh yes thats true, sociology and psychology are SOCIAL Sciences, that is
the study of all the features of society. When the features, such as politics and economics, are considered separately they are called the social sciences.■They are classified differently, and for good reason.
Theology is in no way part of Sociology! Let me whip out my old sociology textbook
Sociology defines religion as: "a social institution involving beliefs and practices based on a conception of the sacred."
So, sociologists don't go though the bible looking to see if some prophet did what to who or whatever, they study how it effects culture, society, race, science, politics ect ect ect....
Sociology is basically the study of people in groups... in the macro sense, where psychology is more concerned with the individual, the micro.
They have separate schools for theology because it is separate. I have noticed however that many universities have separate departments devoted to religious studies.... but it is completely separate from sociology.
My major used to be sociology so this is why I'm making a big deal out of this, if you were to group one of my sociology professors into the same category as a theologian, I think they would get a little upset
[ 01-26-2003, 11:41 PM: Message edited by: esquire ]