theology

[the·ol·o·gy]

Theology is the study of religion, plain and simple. Of course, religion isn’t simple, so theology covers a lot of subjects, like rituals, divine beings, the history of religions, and the concept of religious truth.

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The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life."

Noun
the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford"

Noun
the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

Noun
a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology"

n.
The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life."

Theology

The*ol"o*gy , n.; pl. Theologies . [L. theologia, Gr. ; God + discourse: cf. F. th'82ologie. See Theism, and Logic.] The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life."

Many speak of theology as a science of religion [instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.

Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the region of the intellect what religion represents in the heart and life of man.

Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic, Natural. -- Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned with moral character and conduct. -- Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only from revelation. -- Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics, or as prosecuted after their principles and methods. -- Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy. -- Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of statements that together shall constitute an organized whole. E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).

The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life."

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Usage Examples

Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history.

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is 'The Book of British Birds,' and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology.

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Other Usage Examples

God created the world the laws of nature were created by God. True science tries to find out what God put in the world. The trouble is where scientists speculate about theology and they don't know what they're talking about because they weren't there. They can't speculate about the origins of life because they weren't there.

A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do.

I still love the theology of the Mormon religion and think it is a wonderful way to grow up.

The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.

I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science.

Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.

Realizing our society as it is, without theology dogmatically telling us how we should react to it, and being humane toward that society, that is all that we're sure of.