theology
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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
We are queer Christians who have spent decades studying theology.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
He tells Ma and Pa that he hates the theology school in Amsterdam.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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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
It has been repeatedly demonstrated that mortals quickly lose interest in those one-sided theologies which, like their own Utopias, are insipid with perfect goodness and boresome with joy.
From The Book of Gud by Harold Hersey
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