Christian theology

Christian theology

The systematic study of the nature of God and religion.

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catechism

Religion; Christian theology

A popular manual of Christian doctrine, usually in the form of question and answer, intended for religious instruction.

Antiochene school

Religion; Christian theology

A patristic school of thought, especially associated with the city of Antioch in modern-day Turkey, noted for its Christology (which placed emphasis upon the humanity of Christ) and its method of ...

A particular style of theology that stressed that God cannot be known in terms of human categories. Apophatic (which derives from the Greek apophasis, "negation" or "denial") approaches to theology ...

eschatology

Religion; Christian theology

The section of Christian theology dealing with the "last things," especially the ideas of resurrection, hell, and eternal life.

humanism

Religion; Christian theology

A complex movement, linked with the European Renaissance. At the heart of the movement lay not (as the modern sense of the word might suggest) a set of secular or secularizing ideas but a new ...

postmodernism

Religion; Christian theology

A general cultural development, especially in North America, which resulted from the general collapse in confidence of the universal rational principles of the Enlightenment.