Talk:List of religion scholars

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No consensus to delete. VfD notice removed. Deletion debate is archived below. Cecropia 01:25, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

A list of non-famous professors from a college in Georgia, USA. Guanaco 02:38, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Delete. Let's not encourage somebody to write an article about all of those people who are linked to on this page. RickK 03:14, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Delete -- Cyrius|&#9998 03:44, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC)
Comment: Karen Armstrong, at least, is fairly well-known. I've just googled a few of the others, and they seem to be relatively notable. Don't see anything about a college in Georgia. Radicalsubversiv 07:10, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I did some net research. Harvey Hill is the department chair at Berry College [1]. Pascal Boyer is a professor at Washington University in St. Louis. [2]. Glen Mullen does not show up in a Google search. Joseph Kitagawa appears to be a notable scholar of Japanese religion. Aihwa Ong is an anthropologist at Berkeley. [3]. Haven't checked the others, but the list seems to be legit. Whether or not it's an unbiased list, it's clearly not just a list of some professors in Georgia. Isomorphic 08:02, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Do we really need a list of religion scholars? Is anyone likely to do a search on such a topic? None of the scholars listed has an article either. Delete. Exploding Boy 13:47, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC)
- I should think anyone interested in theology or theologians would be interested in such a topic. The fact that none of the scholars listed have an article may indicate a weakness in Wikipedia, not in the list. Keep. Snowspinner 14:58, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Agreed for now, though we should be sure to restrict the list to important religious scholars. -Seth Mahoney 18:08, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Keep. We have lists of much more bizarre stuff (e.g. List of fictional mice and rats), and this might actually spawn some interesting material. Pteron 19:02, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Keep. I'm familiar with several of these, and most of those are very important to their specific fields. Rhymeless 04:24, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Keep. Needs expanding, though. -Sean 19:58, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Keep. We have other list of people grouped by occupation. I think a name change might help; most of these people appear to be currently active. Maybe rename it "List of contemporary theologians". MK 02:59, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Current title is more appropriate, as most of them are not theologians. Most appear to be scholars who study religion from a secular standpoint. Isomorphic 02:07, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Keep. Cribcage 05:36, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)