The creation of Assessment Area 44, in 2016, entitled Study of Religion and Theology, represents a milestone in the current history of theological research in Brazil, consolidating and sealing its entry into the academic environment. With the aim of identifying the definition of theology that governs Assessment Area 44, this research is dedicated to the analysis of area documents in their various editions, whether when Theology constitutes a Sub-Area of Philosophy, or with the autonomy of the Study of Religion and Theology Assessment Area. As part of the College of Humanities, in the Study of Religion and Theology Area, Theology assimilates the epistemological and methodological standards that qualify it for the study of the hermeneutics of revelation, dealing with the understanding of the relationship between God and creation that always occurs in the historical and cultural context. Consequently, the researcher in theology reveals himself to be an important actor in the process of dialogue between theological knowledge and local reality and interdisciplinarity presents itself as an essential methodological instrument that establishes relationships between the disciplines of Theology itself, but also with other disciplines and areas of knowledge.