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theology

[thee-ol-uh-jee] / θiˈɒl ə dʒi /
NOUN
religious theory or belief
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But if we look closely at Dickinson’s poem, her vision of art opens out stunningly into theology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The concept of a Christian “holy war”—a war conferring spiritual benefits—originates in medieval Latin Christianity, with its crusader theology of bellum sacrum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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

All of this is a salutary lesson in the way tottering edifices of theology can be built on a small textual misunderstanding.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

Not even Shelley became such, until he had dashed against some of the distorted and monstrous human theologies of his day.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse H. Jones


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