معرفت ادیان

The scope of compared contents in comparative theology is still ambiguous. The question is whether in comparative theology, only "theologies" are compared or "religions," of which theologies are only a part. The aim of this research is to clarify this confusion. Introducing the dominant approach to comparative theology, to answer this question, first the conceptual framework of the two terms religion and theology is explained, as far as it is related to this research; then, relying on the written and oral literature on the subject, the scope of the contents compared in comparative theology is determined. The research concludes that in comparative theology, as in comparative theology, it is "religions" that are referenced and compared, and what distinguishes comparative theology from comparative theology is not the limitation of the content compared to theologies; rather, it is the normative nature of comparative theology and the non-normative nature of comparative theology. To adapt the narrow title of comparative "theology" to the broad usage that occurs in practice, there are two solutions: first, to expand the meaning of "theology"; second, to consider the infinitive meaning of "thinking about God and religion" for this term. The second solution seems more justified.