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theology

[thee-ol-uh-jee] / θiˈɒl ə dʒi /
NOUN
religious theory or belief
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Public school teachers are trained to teach literacy, history and social studies, not theology, leaving educators to navigate how biblical texts will be presented while serving students from diverse religious backgrounds.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

There’s a lot of theology in it, actually.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

It’s the kind of idea that exorcists playing loose with theology might be attracted to, but not something the church itself seems inclined to back.

From Slate Jun. 8, 2026

The tradition mostly died when Napoleon defeated the last holy Roman emperor, Francis II, in 1805, although Russian Orthodox theology sometimes still casts the czars in the role of Katechon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

These arts and sciences provided students with the foundations for the later study of philosophy and theology, or of medicine or law.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Visually, “Sun Ra: Do the Impossible” strives to be a representation of its subject’s floating collage of philosophies, theologies and ecstatic musical aspirations.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

"I fully respect those who have different theologies from mine but I don't respect misogyny when I encounter it and I think it's good that we are seen publicly in these roles."

From BBC Apr. 8, 2023

These secular theologies provide coordinates of transcendental meaning—even if that meaning is life-denying and humanity-debasing—that explain the place of human beings on the Earth, and ultimately, in the cosmos.

From Slate Jan. 26, 2023

This religiosity was effective in part because it avoided the messy specifics that might have created friction with science or between theologies.

From Salon Jan. 28, 2022

Before this era we have, of course, the mythologies, cosmogonies, and theologies of the poets.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)




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