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theology

[thee-ol-uh-jee] / θiˈɒl ə dʒi /
NOUN
religious theory or belief
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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

For more than two decades, I have worked at the intersection of artificial intelligence, moral philosophy and theology.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

And it was home for my mom until her parents earned enough money to bring the family to the States to fulfill my grandfather’s dream of a theology degree from an American university.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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 W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace




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