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theology

theology

81 7.8
Study of God and religious beliefs, and how religion affects people
  • noun
  • /θiˈɑlədʒi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : teología
  • His ministry then turned to writing, and his experience and theology reached distant Orvieto and Lyons in Europe.
  • practical theology
  • moral theology
  • philosophy and theology

Well, again, think about when you're doing theology, are you using philosophy?

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Examples

  • You also have a master's in theology.

  • I teach theology at the university.

  • John, are you a theology major?

  • That is a question of theology.

  • But really his mission was to fuse theology and science.

  • As was mentioned, my own training is in fact in Christian theology at a major divinity school.

  • And you find a consistent viewpoint about theology throughout his papers.

  • My focus here is on moral theology, especially the methodological aspect of the discipline.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In 1526, he was elected to the first chair of theology at Salamanca.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Maria is passionate about studying theology and often discusses her beliefs.

Synonyms

divinity
vstheology
14 8.2

The study of religion and beliefs at university

focuses more on the study of God and beliefs than on truth theory
theol.
vstheology
7.5

The study of religious beliefs and practices

is the full word rather than the abbreviation

Compounds

Christian theology
  • Specialized
3 7.0

The study of Christian beliefs and church teaching by scholars

liberation theology
  • Specialized
3 8.6

A Christian view that uses Jesus' teachings to support freeing poor people from injustice

1 9.5

Study that uses reason and nature to learn about God, not holy books

The highest university degree in theology given by the Catholic Church

A university degree for advanced study and research about religion

A first university degree in the study of religion

A university degree in theology taken after a bachelor's degree

How Academic

divinity
14 8.2
theology
  • Specialized
81 7.8
religiosity
  • Formal
10 8.1
Holy Writ
  • Archaic
2 9.2

Surface Forms

theology singular
theologies plural

Morphology

theology = theo + logy

The word is built from classical combining forms meaning roughly 'God' + 'study', but the academic sense is specialized and not fully predictable for an average learner.

Etymology

Theology comes from Greek parts theo- ('god') and -logy ('study'), the same -logy you see in biology or geology, so it literally means 'study of God' and explains why theology is the academic study of religious beliefs and God's nature.