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Theology is literally reasonable discourse
concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, "God", + λογος, logos,
"word" or "reason"). By extension, it also refers to the
study of other religious topics. It is also defined as the
rational and systematic study of religion and its influences
and of the nature of religious truth. It is a particular
system or school of religious beliefs and teachings. The
learned profession acquired by specialized courses in
religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he
studied theology at Oxford".
Theological Dictionaries:
Beginning to study theology is like
stepping into a conversation that has been going on for two
thousand years.How do you take part in this conversation--or
even make sense of it--if you don't understand the
vocabulary or know the contributions made by other
participants? Theological Dictionaries are great companions
offering concise definitions of a large list of commonly
known as well unknown terms in the field of Theology. We
have presented a few divisions of Theology in here under the
related terms section and also some of the top seller books
towards the end of this section.
Related Terms:
Liberation theology - A theological movement, popular
in the Third World, which interprets salvation, particularly
as seen in the Exodus, in political terms. Therefore, the
tendency is to believe the church's primary purpose is to
assist in changing oppressive social, economic, and
political structures. Natural theology (or natural
religion) is theology based on reason and ordinary
experience. Thus it is distinguished from revealed theology
(or revealed religion) which is based on scripture and
religious experiences of various kinds; and also from
transcendental theology, theology from a priori reasoning.
Covenant Theology - The theological system developed
by Reformed theologians taking the covenant as its
overarching theme. Distinctives of covenant theology
include: Christ's judicial (substitutionary) atonement, the
imputation of Adam's sin to all of his posterity, salvation
exclusively by grace through faith, the abiding authority of
the law, and infant baptism. Replacement Theology -
Supersessionism is the traditional Christian belief that
Christianity is the fulfillment of Biblical Judaism, and
therefore that Jews who deny that Jesus is the Messiah fall
short of their calling as God's Chosen people. Process
theology (also known as Neoclassical theology) is
a school of thought influenced by the metaphysical process
philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947).
Christian theology practices theology from a Christian
viewpoint or studies Christianity theologically. Given the
overwhelming influence exercised by Christianity, especially
in pre-modern Europe, Christian theology permeates much of
Western culture and often reflects that culture. Dominion
Theology is a theological form of Dominionism practiced
by a very small set of religious movements within Protestant
Christian evangelicalism and fundamentalism. Primarily found
in the United States, Dominion Theology has also appeared in
Canada, and several European countries. Death of God
Theology (AKA: Radical Theology.) Theological fad
in the mid-1960's. More a journalistic phenomenon than a
serious doctrinal movement. Loosely based on Friedrich
Nietzsche's concept of a human "superman" replacing the
traditional god-myth, Immanuel Kant's philosophical judgment
that God is so transcendent that He is unknowable, Rudolf
Bultmann's demotion of all Scripture to a mere fiction
story, as well as Paul Tillich's pantheism. Reformed
Theology - A system of religious belief based on the
writings and beliefs of Calvin. Narrative theology
was a late 20th century theological development which
supported the idea that the Church's use of the Bible should
focus on a narrative presentation of the faith, rather than
on the development of a systematic theology. The Christian
faith is thus also to be interpreted by the Christian
community, and not by outside scholars or explorers.
Narrative theology has also been referred to as
post-liberalism.
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