theologyn.

Brit.

/θɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/θiˈɑlədʒi/

Forms: Also Middle English teologye, Middle English–1600s theologie (Middle English theologi, 1500s theologye).

Etymology: < French théologie (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin theologia , < Greek θεολογία , abstract noun < θεολόγος : see theologue n. and -logy comb. form.Greek θεολογία meant ‘an account of the gods, or of God (whether legendary or philosophical)’. Varro, following the Stoics, distinguished three kinds of theologia , mythical, natural (rational), and civil, the last being the knowledge of the due rites and ceremonies of religion. This threefold division is referred to also by Tertullian and St. Augustine. In Christian Greek, the verb θεολογεῖν was used = ‘to speak of as God, to attribute deity to’, whence θεολογία had the specific sense of ‘the ascription of a divine nature to Christ’, in contrast to οἰκονομία , the doctrine of his incarnation and human nature. Another patristic Greek use, arising out of the primary sense, was ‘the account of God, or record of God's ways, as given in the Bible’, whence the late Greek and medieval Latin use of theologia for the Scriptures themselves. In the 12th cent. (1121–40) Abelard applied the term to a philosophical treatment of the doctrines of the Christian religion, which, though at first strongly condemned, became current, and, in this sense, ‘theologia’ came to designate a department of academic study, the textbooks of which were the Bible and the Sentences (from the Fathers) of Peter Lombard. Hence the earliest English use. (The passage from Gower in sense 3 is derived ultimately from Aristotle's division of the theoretic forms of philosophy into μαθηματική, ϕυσική, θεολογική, the last being what we should call metaphysics, which included his doctrine of the divine nature.)

a. The study or science which treats of God, His nature and attributes, and His relations with man and the universe; ‘the science of things divine’ (Hooker); divinity. Biblical theology: originally theology as a non-dogmatic description of the religious doctrines contained in the Bible, following J. P. Gabler's distinction, in 1787, between biblical and dogmatic theology; now usually the exposition of biblical texts (both Old Testament and New Testament), based on the presupposition that there is a common biblical way of thinking which informs the Bible as a whole. dogmatic theology, theology as authoritatively held and taught by the church; a scientific statement of Christian dogma. natural theology, theology based upon reasoning from natural facts apart from revelation.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > [noun]

divine1303

divinityc1305

theology1362

pantheology1656

society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > biblical

Biblical theology1846

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xi. 136 Bote Teologye [B. x. 180, C. xii. 129 theologie] haþ teoned me ten score tymes; For þe more I muse þeron þe mistiloker hit semeþ.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋969 The exposicion of this hooly preyere..I bitake to thise maistres of Theologie.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. (title page) Doctours of Theologie and Canon law.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. viii. 146 The whole drift of the scripture of God what is it but only to teach Theologie? Theologie what is it but the science of thinges diuine?

c1698 J. Locke Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding xxii Theology, which, containing the knowledge of God and His creatures, our duty to him and our fellow-creatures, and a view of our present and future state, is the comprehension of all other knowledge, directed to its true end.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 7 Was I as plump, as stall'd Theology, Wishing would waste me to this Shade again.

1787 J. P. Gabler Kleinere Theol. Schriften (1831) II. 179 (title) De iusto discrimine theologiae biblicae et dogmaticae regundisque recte utriusque finibus.]

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 96 Peter Lombard, the founder of systematic theology in the twelfth century.

1845 Corrie Theol. in Encycl. Metrop. 857/1 Under the..term Theology we comprehend all the knowledge which man can obtain respecting God, whether concerning His nature and attributes, or concerning the relation in which man stands to Him.

1846 C. W. Buch tr. Hagenbach Compend. Hist. Doctr. I. 5 In our opinion biblical theology is only to be regarded as the foundation-stone of the edifice..and dogmatic theology as the builder.

1874 J. Duncan Pulpit & Commun. Table 73 Polemical theology is the defence, Practical theology the application, of Dogmatic theology, which again rests upon Exegetical.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 264/2 Biblical theology is the delineation of a section of religious ideas,—that section of which the traces and records remain in the Bible.

1904 A. B. Davidson Theol. O.T. i. 1 In Biblical Theology the Bible is the source of the knowledge, and also supplies the form in which the knowledge is presented.

1951 H. H. Rowley Old Testament & Mod. Study xi. 312 Since the publication of Gabler's famous address in 1787, the correctness of the distinction which he drew between biblical and dogmatic theology has been accepted as axiomatic by the majority of scholars.

1958 Listener 14 Aug. 241/1 A new subject has appeared called Biblical Theology. This means that the Bible, or rather the New Testament, is now subjected to analysis in order to see what is the total message or picture that it contains.

1969 A. Richardson Dict. Christian Theol. 36/2 The question..remains whether there can be a completely presuppositionless interpretation of any historical documents (as tended to be assumed by those who regarded biblical theology as a purely descriptive science).

b. A particular theological system or theory. Also figurative. liberation theology: see as main entry.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > systems of theology > [noun]

theology1669

theologism1867

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. iv. 53 Aristotle wonderfully agrees with the Mosaic Theologie herein.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 734 Among those questions, two hundred referred to the theology of the Hebrews.

1830 J. Mackintosh Diss. Progress Ethical Philos. 55 Clarke..considered such a scheme as the only security against Hobbism, and probably also against the Calvinistic theology.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 17 The scholastic theology..was in its general principle, an alliance between faith and reason.

1874 J. B. Brown Higher Life xx. 408 There lies a meaning in these glorious words..for which there is no room that I can see in any of our theologies.

1899 C. K. Paul Memories iv. 130 There [i.e. at Eton] in 1841 [some] of us..became conscious of the great stir which was going on at Oxford; a few of our masters were falling under the influence of the new theology.

1907 Standard 19 Jan. 9/4 Latest development of ‘New Theology’.

1956 P. Larkin Less Deceived (ed. 3) 36 Our garden, first: where I did not invent Blinding theologies of flowers and fruit, And wasn't spoken to by an old hat.

c. Applied to pagan or non-Christian systems.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > systems of theology > [noun] > non-Christian

theology1662

divinity1669

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. ii. §8 Had we no other demonstration of the greatness of mans Apostacy and degeneracy, the Ægyptian Theology would be an irrefragable evidence of it.

1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. iv. 258 The Gentile Theology of Dæmons is the thing which Paul prophesies should be introduced into Christianity.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 471. ¶8 Our Forefather, according to the Pagan Theology, had a great Vessel presented him by Pandora.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. iv. 211 Their theology, mythology, philosophy,..are almost entirely of the Hindú family.

d. In trivial or disparaging use: a system of theoretical principles; an (impractical or rigid) ideology. Cf. theological adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [noun] > way of thinking

perspective1605

way of thinking1650

framework1754

ideology1896

value system1912

frame of reference1921

value orientation1940

blik1950

theology1962

1962 Listener 29 Mar. 551/2 I would also like to see a couple of first-class philosophers, who would..check the new brand of strategists, who have produced a complete theology, not only about the deterrent but about conventional weapons, and about morale and everything else. I think the spectacle of Whitehall trying to keep up with American theologies is too sad for words.

1973 Times 3 Oct. 14/4 There were also a few rival interpretations of Marxist theology.

a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 391 At S.E.P., this morning, we were discussing Paper 105, a brilliant demolition of the theology of PESC.

1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Feb. 134/2 Like the farmers of Iowa in relation to China in a later period, they were impatient with the theology of diplomatic recognition.

†2.

a. Rarely used for Holy Scripture. So late Greek θεολογία (Pseudo-Dionysus De Cæl. Hier. 9 §3), medieval Latin theologia. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [noun]

Holy Writc900

writeOE

God's bookOE

writOE

bookOE

Biblea1300

holy lettrurec1330

scripturec1330

the (sacred or holy) writings1340

gospel1393

worda1425

escripture1489

Holy Write1508

theologya1513

the written word1533

Book of God1548

oracle1548

hand biblea1680

good book1740

sacred book1782

the sacred volume1850

bibliotheca1879

Kitab1885

Cf. a1149 Hugo de S. Victore (in Migne 1091 C) Theologia, id est divina scriptura.]

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxx. f. cxli This Lamfranke..was perfytely lerned in the scyence of Theologie or holy wrytte.

Cf. 1659 J. Milton Consid. touching Hirelings 98 The study of scripture (which is the only true theologie).]

†b. Hence, virtues of theology (also vertues theologyes, (?) theologycs) = ‘theological virtues’: see theological adj. 1. Obsolete.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun] > theological virtues

virtues of theologya1500

theological virtues1526

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 145 Ther byth thre Vertues pryncipalle of theologi or dyuynte, y-callid in lateyne Fides, Spes, Caritas.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 124 The prologe of the iiij^e. Cardynale vertues, declarynge the .iij^e. vertues of theologie, and foure maner of goodis.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. i. sig. i.i The thre vertues theologyes or dyuynes.

†3. Metaphysics. (See Note below.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [noun]

metaphysica1387

theology1390

philosophy1531

ultramundane1549

metaphysicals1550

supernaturals1562

metaphysics1569

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 86–7 Theorique..stant departed upon thre, The ferste..Is cleped in Philosophie The science of Theologie, That other named is Phisique, The thridde is seid Mathematique. Theologie is that science Which unto man yifth evidence Of thing which is noght bodely.

c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 859 Arsmetry, Geometry with Astronomy,..Nobyll Theology, and Corporall Physyk.

Phrases

theology of liberation n. = liberation theology n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > liberation

theology of liberation1968

liberation theology1970

liberationism1974

1968 R. Alves in Revista Mexicana de Sociología 32 (1970) 1314 Toward a Theology of Liberation.

1970 G. Gutiérrez in In Search Theol. of Devel. (Sodepax) 116 The question of a theology of liberation must be placed in its proper perspective.

1970 G. Gutiérrez in Theol. Stud. 31 243 (heading) Notes for a theology of liberation.

1973 Time 23 Apr. 42 Jesuits are at loggerheads in Latin America over a Christian-Marxist synthesis known as the ‘theology of liberation’.

Draft additions 1993

theology of hope n. [translating German Theologie der Hoffnung] a theory popularized by West German theologians in the 1960s, emphasizing Christian hope as the basis for human action and realized eschatology; cf. liberation theology n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > of hope

theology of hope1967

1959 E. Bloch (title) Das Prinzip Hoffnung.]

1967 J. W. Leitch tr. Moltmann Theol. of Hope 26 The most serious objection to a theology of hope springs not from presumption or despair, for these two basic attitudes of human existence presuppose hope.

1970 J. C. Bennett in In Search Theol. of Devel. 8 I do believe that there is a tendency in the theologies of hope to take a short cut and too easily to deduce hope for social and political changes from Christian doctrine.

1977 A. Ecclestone Staircase for Silence v. 99 A theology of hope has become a recognised feature of our time.

1984 Sunday Tel. 9 Sept. 6/5 Liberation Theology was spawned in West Germany in the early 1960s (when it was called the Theology of Hope), and has since spread all over Latin America.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	theology
释义	theologyn. Brit. /θɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /θiˈɑlədʒi/ Forms: Also Middle English teologye, Middle English–1600s theologie (Middle English theologi, 1500s theologye). Etymology: < French théologie (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin theologia , < Greek θεολογία , abstract noun < θεολόγος : see theologue n. and -logy comb. form.Greek θεολογία meant ‘an account of the gods, or of God (whether legendary or philosophical)’. Varro, following the Stoics, distinguished three kinds of theologia , mythical, natural (rational), and civil, the last being the knowledge of the due rites and ceremonies of religion. This threefold division is referred to also by Tertullian and St. Augustine. In Christian Greek, the verb θεολογεῖν was used = ‘to speak of as God, to attribute deity to’, whence θεολογία had the specific sense of ‘the ascription of a divine nature to Christ’, in contrast to οἰκονομία , the doctrine of his incarnation and human nature. Another patristic Greek use, arising out of the primary sense, was ‘the account of God, or record of God's ways, as given in the Bible’, whence the late Greek and medieval Latin use of theologia for the Scriptures themselves. In the 12th cent. (1121–40) Abelard applied the term to a philosophical treatment of the doctrines of the Christian religion, which, though at first strongly condemned, became current, and, in this sense, ‘theologia’ came to designate a department of academic study, the textbooks of which were the Bible and the Sentences (from the Fathers) of Peter Lombard. Hence the earliest English use. (The passage from Gower in sense 3 is derived ultimately from Aristotle's division of the theoretic forms of philosophy into μαθηματική, ϕυσική, θεολογική, the last being what we should call metaphysics, which included his doctrine of the divine nature.) 1. a. The study or science which treats of God, His nature and attributes, and His relations with man and the universe; ‘the science of things divine’ (Hooker); divinity. Biblical theology: originally theology as a non-dogmatic description of the religious doctrines contained in the Bible, following J. P. Gabler's distinction, in 1787, between biblical and dogmatic theology; now usually the exposition of biblical texts (both Old Testament and New Testament), based on the presupposition that there is a common biblical way of thinking which informs the Bible as a whole. dogmatic theology, theology as authoritatively held and taught by the church; a scientific statement of Christian dogma. natural theology, theology based upon reasoning from natural facts apart from revelation. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > [noun] divine1303 divinityc1305 theology1362 pantheology1656 society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > biblical Biblical theology1846 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xi. 136 Bote Teologye [B. x. 180, C. xii. 129 theologie] haþ teoned me ten score tymes; For þe more I muse þeron þe mistiloker hit semeþ. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋969 The exposicion of this hooly preyere..I bitake to thise maistres of Theologie. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. (title page) Doctours of Theologie and Canon law. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. viii. 146 The whole drift of the scripture of God what is it but only to teach Theologie? Theologie what is it but the science of thinges diuine? c1698 J. Locke Thoughts on Conduct of Understanding xxii Theology, which, containing the knowledge of God and His creatures, our duty to him and our fellow-creatures, and a view of our present and future state, is the comprehension of all other knowledge, directed to its true end. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 7 Was I as plump, as stall'd Theology, Wishing would waste me to this Shade again. 1787 J. P. Gabler Kleinere Theol. Schriften (1831) II. 179 (title) De iusto discrimine theologiae biblicae et dogmaticae regundisque recte utriusque finibus.] 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 96 Peter Lombard, the founder of systematic theology in the twelfth century. 1845 Corrie Theol. in Encycl. Metrop. 857/1 Under the..term Theology we comprehend all the knowledge which man can obtain respecting God, whether concerning His nature and attributes, or concerning the relation in which man stands to Him. 1846 C. W. Buch tr. Hagenbach Compend. Hist. Doctr. I. 5 In our opinion biblical theology is only to be regarded as the foundation-stone of the edifice..and dogmatic theology as the builder. 1874 J. Duncan Pulpit & Commun. Table 73 Polemical theology is the defence, Practical theology the application, of Dogmatic theology, which again rests upon Exegetical. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 264/2 Biblical theology is the delineation of a section of religious ideas,—that section of which the traces and records remain in the Bible. 1904 A. B. Davidson Theol. O.T. i. 1 In Biblical Theology the Bible is the source of the knowledge, and also supplies the form in which the knowledge is presented. 1951 H. H. Rowley Old Testament & Mod. Study xi. 312 Since the publication of Gabler's famous address in 1787, the correctness of the distinction which he drew between biblical and dogmatic theology has been accepted as axiomatic by the majority of scholars. 1958 Listener 14 Aug. 241/1 A new subject has appeared called Biblical Theology. This means that the Bible, or rather the New Testament, is now subjected to analysis in order to see what is the total message or picture that it contains. 1969 A. Richardson Dict. Christian Theol. 36/2 The question..remains whether there can be a completely presuppositionless interpretation of any historical documents (as tended to be assumed by those who regarded biblical theology as a purely descriptive science). b. A particular theological system or theory. Also figurative. liberation theology: see as main entry. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > systems of theology > [noun] theology1669 theologism1867 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. iv. 53 Aristotle wonderfully agrees with the Mosaic Theologie herein. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 734 Among those questions, two hundred referred to the theology of the Hebrews. 1830 J. Mackintosh Diss. Progress Ethical Philos. 55 Clarke..considered such a scheme as the only security against Hobbism, and probably also against the Calvinistic theology. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 17 The scholastic theology..was in its general principle, an alliance between faith and reason. 1874 J. B. Brown Higher Life xx. 408 There lies a meaning in these glorious words..for which there is no room that I can see in any of our theologies. 1899 C. K. Paul Memories iv. 130 There [i.e. at Eton] in 1841 [some] of us..became conscious of the great stir which was going on at Oxford; a few of our masters were falling under the influence of the new theology. 1907 Standard 19 Jan. 9/4 Latest development of ‘New Theology’. 1956 P. Larkin Less Deceived (ed. 3) 36 Our garden, first: where I did not invent Blinding theologies of flowers and fruit, And wasn't spoken to by an old hat. c. Applied to pagan or non-Christian systems. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > systems of theology > [noun] > non-Christian theology1662 divinity1669 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. ii. §8 Had we no other demonstration of the greatness of mans Apostacy and degeneracy, the Ægyptian Theology would be an irrefragable evidence of it. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. iv. 258 The Gentile Theology of Dæmons is the thing which Paul prophesies should be introduced into Christianity. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 471. ¶8 Our Forefather, according to the Pagan Theology, had a great Vessel presented him by Pandora. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. iv. 211 Their theology, mythology, philosophy,..are almost entirely of the Hindú family. d. In trivial or disparaging use: a system of theoretical principles; an (impractical or rigid) ideology. Cf. theological adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [noun] > way of thinking perspective1605 way of thinking1650 view1713 framework1754 ideology1896 value system1912 frame of reference1921 value orientation1940 blik1950 theology1962 1962 Listener 29 Mar. 551/2 I would also like to see a couple of first-class philosophers, who would..check the new brand of strategists, who have produced a complete theology, not only about the deterrent but about conventional weapons, and about morale and everything else. I think the spectacle of Whitehall trying to keep up with American theologies is too sad for words. 1973 Times 3 Oct. 14/4 There were also a few rival interpretations of Marxist theology. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 391 At S.E.P., this morning, we were discussing Paper 105, a brilliant demolition of the theology of PESC. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Feb. 134/2 Like the farmers of Iowa in relation to China in a later period, they were impatient with the theology of diplomatic recognition. †2. a. Rarely used for Holy Scripture. So late Greek θεολογία (Pseudo-Dionysus De Cæl. Hier. 9 §3), medieval Latin theologia. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [noun] Holy Writc900 writeOE God's bookOE writOE bookOE Biblea1300 holy lettrurec1330 scripturec1330 the (sacred or holy) writings1340 gospel1393 worda1425 escripture1489 Holy Write1508 theologya1513 the written word1533 Book of God1548 oracle1548 hand biblea1680 good book1740 sacred book1782 the sacred volume1850 bibliotheca1879 Kitab1885 Cf. a1149 Hugo de S. Victore (in Migne 1091 C) Theologia, id est divina scriptura.] a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxx. f. cxli This Lamfranke..was perfytely lerned in the scyence of Theologie or holy wrytte. Cf. 1659 J. Milton Consid. touching Hirelings 98 The study of scripture (which is the only true theologie).] †b. Hence, virtues of theology (also vertues theologyes, (?) theologycs) = ‘theological virtues’: see theological adj. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun] > theological virtues virtues of theologya1500 theological virtues1526 a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 145 Ther byth thre Vertues pryncipalle of theologi or dyuynte, y-callid in lateyne Fides, Spes, Caritas. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 124 The prologe of the iiij^e. Cardynale vertues, declarynge the .iij^e. vertues of theologie, and foure maner of goodis. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. i. sig. i.i The thre vertues theologyes or dyuynes. †3. Metaphysics. (See Note below.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [noun] metaphysica1387 theology1390 philosophy1531 ultramundane1549 metaphysicals1550 supernaturals1562 metaphysics1569 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 86–7 Theorique..stant departed upon thre, The ferste..Is cleped in Philosophie The science of Theologie, That other named is Phisique, The thridde is seid Mathematique. Theologie is that science Which unto man yifth evidence Of thing which is noght bodely. c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 859 Arsmetry, Geometry with Astronomy,..Nobyll Theology, and Corporall Physyk. Phrases theology of liberation n. = liberation theology n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > liberation theology of liberation1968 liberation theology1970 liberationism1974 1968 R. Alves in Revista Mexicana de Sociología 32 (1970) 1314 Toward a Theology of Liberation. 1970 G. Gutiérrez in In Search Theol. of Devel. (Sodepax) 116 The question of a theology of liberation must be placed in its proper perspective. 1970 G. Gutiérrez in Theol. Stud. 31 243 (heading) Notes for a theology of liberation. 1973 Time 23 Apr. 42 Jesuits are at loggerheads in Latin America over a Christian-Marxist synthesis known as the ‘theology of liberation’. Draft additions 1993 theology of hope n. [translating German Theologie der Hoffnung] a theory popularized by West German theologians in the 1960s, emphasizing Christian hope as the basis for human action and realized eschatology; cf. liberation theology n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > of hope theology of hope1967 1959 E. Bloch (title) Das Prinzip Hoffnung.] 1967 J. W. Leitch tr. Moltmann Theol. of Hope 26 The most serious objection to a theology of hope springs not from presumption or despair, for these two basic attitudes of human existence presuppose hope. 1970 J. C. Bennett in In Search Theol. of Devel. 8 I do believe that there is a tendency in the theologies of hope to take a short cut and too easily to deduce hope for social and political changes from Christian doctrine. 1977 A. Ecclestone Staircase for Silence v. 99 A theology of hope has become a recognised feature of our time. 1984 Sunday Tel. 9 Sept. 6/5 Liberation Theology was spawned in West Germany in the early 1960s (when it was called the Theology of Hope), and has since spread all over Latin America. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1362
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