Creative coexistence between theology and the sciences of religion: what efforts should be made on both sides?

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Pierre Gisel

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This text endorses the dual existence of theology, on the one hand, and religious studies, on the other. Due to substan ve reasons related to human and social «interests» called into ques on simultaneously, this duality cannot be overcome. Yet it can be bene cial to both. As long as both of them are reconsidered, however. That is the scope of the present essay. It speci es how theology, thus reinterpreted, can be highly enlightening for religious studies and how religious studies are full of human wealth directly instruc ve for theological work and thought, while at the same me posing a challenges and an opportunity for change that can only revitalize re ec on on the topic.

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GISEL, Pierre. Creative coexistence between theology and the sciences of religion: what efforts should be made on both sides?. HORIZONTE - Journal of Studies in Theology and Religious Sciences, Belo Horizonte, v. 16, n. 50, p. 729–749, 2018. DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2018v16n50p729-749. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/horizonte/article/view/P.2175-5841.2018v16n50p729. Acesso em: 14 aug. 2025.
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Pierre Gisel, Faculdade de Teologia e de Ciências das Religiões de Lausanne, Suíça.

O teólogo Prof. Dr. Pierre Gisel é professor titular e decano da Faculdade de Teologia e de Ciências das Religiões da Universidade de Lausanne (Suíça).