What is theology?

An essential to studying or having an interest in theology as a discipline is to have some idea of what it is about. It is obvious from the wiki article on theology that there is some confusion in this area. From looking at the work of McGrath it is clearly a question whose answer can be moulded by the writers background, beliefs and ideas about the world. McGraths interpretation of theology is very exclusive to christians, particularly to those who read the scriptures. It has emphasis on the role of doctrines inferring that theology is reserved for churchgoing christians, a species in decline in our society, as though there is still a majority that confess a belief in god or some religious beliefs, church seats are growing colder. Historically, theology has been assosciated with this exclusivity because of its institutional nature and the close relationship between state institutions and religion. This gap, however has widened in recent years, school is less a place of religious instruction as with university, religion in our society has become more optional. So, if this approach is too narrow, how can we answer the question "what is theology?" David Ford's aprroach allows more freedom and less exclusivity; that it is questions raised by and about other faiths, why religion is so important. This instantly widens the margins considerably to include all faiths major or minor and all civilisations throughtout time and not restricting the answer to include any certain group of people.
Theology could be described as an exploration of faith from every place on the spectrum, a discourse about existence and purpose, ideas and reality. These do exist in McGraths theology, but it is important to distinguish that is only christian theology and is not applicable to everyone. Theology is not dictatable, it is a discourse between people about their ideas, agreeing or conflicting. It doesnt necessarily have to be for just people who have a religion; if we are asked if we believe in God, the theological answer would be "it depends on what you mean by God". Therefore theology questions the nature of beliefs, not what we believe in.