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the·ol·o·gy
/ [unvoicedth]ēˈäləjē/
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n.
(pl. -gies)
the study of the nature of God and religious belief.
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religious beliefs and theory when systematically developed:
in Christian theology, God comes to be conceived as Father and Son |
a willingness to tolerate new theologies.
DERIVATIVES:
the·ol·o·gist
/ -jist/ n.
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Practical theology today and the implications for mission.
Magazine article from: International Review of Mission; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; A. Rebirth of practical theology Two distinct paradigms of theology co-exist today. On the one hand, there is the paradigm of theology as a set of sub-disciplines, of which practical theology is one. On the other hand, there is the paradigm...
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Theology, metaphysics, and the centrality of Christ.
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...metaphysical reflection is so fundamental to theology that, "should all philosophers declare...necessary philosophical tools within his own theology." (1) Rahner was not alone in his...that, if Christian proclamation and theology made claims of absoluteness on everything...
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Political theology and the theology of politics: Carl Schmitt and medieval Christian political thought (1).
Magazine article from: Humanitas; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Schmitt. Toward that end I'll describe the difference between "political theology" and a "theology of politics" and focus on the revelatory political theology of the medieval period as contrasted with the "re-paganized" theology of...
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Liberation Theologies: The Global Pursuit of Justice
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...feminist liberation theology, Black theology of liberation, Hispanic liberation theology, African liberation theology, Asian theologies of liberation, liberation theology in the First World, ecotheology of liberation, and liberation theology of...
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Theology's responsibility and tasks in today's church and world.
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; THEOLOGY AS SUCH and in its entirety relates to faith. Theology by its very origin depends on faith; its end is to serve faith. Theology's responsibility then is defined by reference to faith, and theologians' tasks are carried out in relation...
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Theology and Identity, the Impact of Culture Upon Christian Thought in the Second Century and Modern Africa.
Magazine article from: International Review of Mission; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Bediako's doctoral thesis, on which Theology and Identity is based, was completed...erudite study could well have saved African theology from some of the blind alleys into which...the "organic tradition" of Christian theology as a whole, and sets it within the broad...
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Natural theology and biblical tradition: The case of Hellenistic Judaism
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; NATURAL THEOLOGY is traditionally associated with Catholic...by Karl Barth, who identified "real theology" as the revelation in Jesus Christ and...Scripture, and declared that "`natural theology' does not exist as an entity capable...
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A Scientific Theology. Vol. 1: Nature
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; A Scientific Theology. Vol. 1: Nature. By Allster E. McGrath. Grand Rapids...hook is the first of three volumes on a specific approach to theology, called scientific theology. McGraths debt to T. F. Torrance is obvious throughout...
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New Testament Theology: History, Method, and Identity
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY is often viewed as the culmination and goal...wider audience. From its inception, NT theology has been a Protestant project intended to assist and renew dogmatic theology, though, in recent years, Catholics have...
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Mujerista Theology: A Theology for the Twenty-First Century
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Mujerista Theology: A Theology for the Twenty-First Century. By Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz. Maryknoll...of power, but from the margin. Isasi-Diaz, who articulates theology from the locus of woman, immigrant-in-exile, cubana-in...
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Theology, Theories of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Theology, Theories of The term theology, in its Greek cognate roots, means discourse about or study...for some contemporary thinkers, such as process theologians, theology retains that connection with philosophy. These kinds of issues...
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Liberation Theology
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...Africa), feminist theology, and variations...African liberation theologies. In the latter...The different theologies within the liberation theology movement have...domination. Liberation theologies understand theology as critical reflection...
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Natural Theology
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
NATURAL THEOLOGY. The primary sense of the term natural theology rests on the contrast between natural and revealed knowledge. Natural theology concerns knowledge of the existence and attributes of God arrived at using only the natural faculties...
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biblical theology
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...theology Systematic theology derived from or based on the Bible. Many such theologies have been published...necessary to expound the theology or theologies contained in the Bible and then to relate that theology to modern doctrines...
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Theology
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...Protestant reformers. Theology, especially as a...and systematic theologies became increasingly...g. in liberation theology , or plural ‘theologies of …...unlikely to return theology to the human community...
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