theology
noun
the·ol·o·gy
thē-ˈä-lə-jē 
plural theologies
1
: the study of religious faith, practice, and experience
especially
: the study of God and of God's relation to the world
2
a
: a theological theory or system
Thomist theology
a theology of atonement
b
: a distinctive body of theological opinion
Catholic theology
3
: a usually 4-year course of specialized religious training in a Roman Catholic major seminary
Examples of theology in a Sentence
He has an interest in theology and pastoral work.
The bishop was opposed to the group's theology.
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The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, darkness, storms, and death and was widely regarded as the most powerful force of evil in Egyptian theology.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Adrian started out as a theology student, but the stakes of Mann’s novel are not, at heart, theological—Adrian has a maddening case of syphilis, and that is the secular portal through which Mephistopheles makes his entry.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Du Châtelet was searching for a grand synthesis of Newtonian, Cartesian, and Leibnizian ideas, in the way that Viennese visionaries of the nineteen-twenties hoped to unify all the sciences, and in the way that later thinkers tried to reconcile quantum physics with Einstein—and both with theology.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
For example, Jack Lillie, a musician, deferred to his ambitious wife, R. S., a gifted medium who traveled the American west lecturing about Spiritualist theology.
—Marissa C. Rhodes / Made By History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Adrian started out as a theology student, but the stakes of Mann’s novel are not, at heart, theological—Adrian has a maddening case of syphilis, and that is the secular portal through which Mephistopheles makes his entry.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Du Châtelet was searching for a grand synthesis of Newtonian, Cartesian, and Leibnizian ideas, in the way that Viennese visionaries of the nineteen-twenties hoped to unify all the sciences, and in the way that later thinkers tried to reconcile quantum physics with Einstein—and both with theology.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
For example, Jack Lillie, a musician, deferred to his ambitious wife, R. S., a gifted medium who traveled the American west lecturing about Spiritualist theology.
—Marissa C. Rhodes / Made By History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Theology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theology. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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theology
noun
the·ol·o·gy
thē-ˈäl-ə-jē
plural theologies
1
: the study of religion
2
: a set of religious beliefs
theologian
noun
ˌthē-ə-ˈlō-jən
theological
adjective
-ˈläj-i-kəl
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