| 单词 | theology |
| 释义 | theology (once / 274 pages) n 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. WORD FAMILYtheology: theological, theologies, theologise, theologist, theologize+/theological: theologically/theologise: theologised, theologiser, theologising/theologist: theologists/theologize: theologized, theologizer, theologizing USAGE EXAMPLESHe initially studied theology and considered becoming a Catholic priest, like two of his brothers. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Nation of Islam theology claims white people were created as a “race of devils” by the scientist. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) Chafe’s interpretation of the St. John detects theology in almost every bar. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1n the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth Syn|Hypo|Hyper divinity angelology the branch of theology that is concerned with angels apologeticsthe branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines ecclesiologythe branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church eschatologythe branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind hermeneuticsthe branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis homileticsthe branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies liturgics, liturgiologythe study of liturgies theodicythe branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field a branch of knowledge 2n the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary) he studied theology at Oxford Hyper learned profession one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles 3n a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings Jewish theology Roman Catholic theology Syn|Hypo|Hyper theological system Christian theology the teachings of Christian churches liberation theologya form of Christian theology (developed by South American Roman Catholics) that emphasizes social and political liberation as the anticipation of ultimate salvation natural theologya theology that holds that knowledge of God can be acquired by human reason without the aid of divine revelation Christologythe branch of theology concerned with the person and attributes and deeds of Christ Jesuitism, Jesuitrythe theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic) patristics, patrologythe study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers polemicsthe branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors soteriologythe branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation as the effect of a divine agency system, system of rules a complex of methods or rules governing behavior |
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