theology
Other forms: theologies
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.
Theology is taught to priests and ministers so they can better understand their religion, and it’s also taught in non-religious colleges to anyone who is curious about the ideas and effects of religion. The first half of theology is theo-, which means god in Greek. The suffix -logy means “the study of,” so theology literally means “the study of god," but we usually expand it to mean the study of religion more broadly.
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the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truthsynonyms: divinitytypes:angelologythe branch of theology that is concerned with angelsapologeticsthe branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrinesecclesiologythe branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a churcheschatologythe branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankindhermeneuticsthe branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesishomileticsthe branch of theology that deals with sermons and homiliestheodicythe branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of eviltype of:bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject fielda branch of knowledge
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the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary)“he studied theology at Oxford”type of:learned professionone of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles
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a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings“Jewish theology”“Roman Catholic theology”synonyms: theological systemtypes:Christian theologythe teachings of Christian churchesliberation theologya form of Christian theology (developed by South American Roman Catholics) that emphasizes social and political liberation as the anticipation of ultimate salvationnatural theologya theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelationChristologythe branch of theology concerned with the person and attributes and deeds of Christpolemicsthe branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errorssoteriologythe branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation as the effect of a divine agencytype of:
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Derived from the Greek suffix -logia, the suffix -ology in English means "the science of or the study of."
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