Synonyms:
theology, divinity
Meaning: the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
Synonyms:
theology, theological_system
Meaning: a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology"
Synonyms:
theology
Meaning: the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford"
Usage examples
If Theology desires to move us, she must re-write her formulas.
Very true, he said; but what are these forms of theology which you mean?
Her works on theology, Scripture and science make no less than six or eight large octavo volumes.
He created patriotism and taught the nations war--founded theology, philosophy, law, medicine and Chicago.
The chief deity of a state was the central figure in a pantheon, which had its political aspect and influenced the growth of local theology.
For this reason they still have a special claim on the attention of students of art and literature, as well as those of theology and mysticism.
John Scotus Erigena ('John the Irish-born Scot') of the ninth century taught in Paris; he was the greatest Greek scholar of his time, and was equally eminent in Theology.
Ordinary theology has long since converted its gold into lead, and words and phrases that once touched the heart of the world have become wearisome and meaningless through repetition.
These essays are concerned only to discuss the actual fact that the central Christian theology (sufficiently summarized in the Apostles' Creed) is the best root of energy and sound ethics.
In the later systematized theology of the Babylonians we seem to trace the fragments of a primitive mythology which was vague in outline, for the deities were not sharply defined, and existed in groups.