God is by definition "unknowable". It would therefore be reasonable that people would wish to study something that's unquantifiable, unmeasurable, observable only if one has faith.
It would also be good if you could define "philosopher". Especially with the point that I'm going to bring up next...
I also think that you're putting the cart before the horse. Theology has been a part of philosophy for ages, and drove people to conduct supposed "scientific experiments" (before the advent of modern science in the 1600s) to explain phenomena that was previously not knowable (I'm thinking of Mendel's peas here). Theology (IMHO) is still a branch of philosophy, with a degree of overlap with epistemology, given that concepts in the modern vernacular (e.g. "truth") are so ill-defined.
Therefore, if someone has interest in Theology, is he/she not a philosopher by definition? It's a tautology.
Please forgive the crazy parantheses. It's 4:40am here.
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