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• Christian theology - Sub-disciplines
• Christian theology - History
• Christian theology - Methodology
• Christian theology - Schools of Christian theology

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Theology, Theology - History of the term, Theology - A brief history of Theologies, Theology - Classical Greek theology c.700 BC to 323 BC, Theology - Hellenistic theology 323 BC to 529 AD, Theology - Early Jewish theology to c.200 AD, Theology - Early Christian theology to c.500 AD, Theology - Theology and religions other than Christianity, Theology - Theology and the Academy, Theology - Theological studies in different institutions, Theology - Divisions of theology, Theology - Quotes

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In academic theological circles, there is some debate as to whether theology is an activity peculiar to the Christian religion. If so we should distinguish Christian Theology from others. It is seen by some to be a term only appropriate to the study of a deity (a theos) within a presupposed belief in the ability to speak and reason about the subject (in logia) - and so to be less appropriate in religious contexts which are organized differently (i.e. religions w ...

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Theology, Theology - History of the term, Theology - A brief history of Theologies, Theology - Theology and religions other than Christianity, Theology - Theology and the Academy, Theology - Theological studies in different institutions, Theology - Divisions of theology, Theology - Quotes

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Christian nonresistance is based on a reading of the first half of Matthew 5:39, part of the Sermon on the Mount, in which Jesus says: "But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also". [1] Members of denominations such as those from Anabaptist backgrounds, such as the Amish, have interpreted this verse to mean Christians should do nothing to resist an evil person or enemy ...

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Nonresistance, Nonresistance - History, Nonresistance - Christian theology, Nonresistance - Nonresistance in practice

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Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, "God", + λογος, logos, "word" or "reason"). It can also refer to the study of other religious topics. A theologian is a person learned in theology. Theology - History of the term. The word "Theology" is derived from Hellenistic Greek, but its meaning has changed significantly through its use in the European Christian thought of the Middle ages and Enlightenment The term theologia is us ...

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• Theology - History of the term
• Theology - A brief history of Theologies
• Theology - Theology and religions other than Christianity
• Theology - Theology and the Academy
• Theology - Theological studies in different institutions
• Theology - Divisions of theology
• Theology - Quotes

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• Liberal Christianity - Difficulties in definition
• Liberal Christianity - History
• Liberal Christianity - Characteristics of Liberal Christianity
• Liberal Christianity - Criticisms of Liberal Christianity
• Liberal Christianity - Liberal theology
• Liberal Christianity - The tenets of Liberal theology
• Liberal Christianity - Liberal theology and religious language
• Liberal Christianity - Liberal hermeneutics
• Liberal Christianity - Liberal Christian Theologians and Authors
• Liberal Christianity - Protestant
• Liberal Christianity - Catholic

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• Fundamentalist Christianity - Brief history
• Fundamentalist Christianity - Doctrine
• Fundamentalist Christianity - Fundamentalist breakup
• Fundamentalist Christianity - Other beliefs
• Fundamentalist Christianity - Footnotes

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Negative theology - also known as the Via Negativa (Latin for "Negative Way") and Apophatic theology - is a theology that attempts to describe God by negation, to speak of God only in terms of what may be said about God and to avoid what may not be said. In brief, the attempt is to gain and express knowledge of God by describing what God is not (apophasis), rather than by describing what God is. The apophatic tradition is often allied with or expressed in tandem with the approach of mysticism, which ...

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• Negative theology - Apophatic description of God
• Negative theology - In the Christian tradition
• Negative theology - In the Jewish tradition
• Negative theology - In Hinduism
• Negative theology - In Buddhism
• Negative theology - In other Eastern traditions

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Pneumatology is the study of spiritual beings and phenomena, especially the interactions between humans and God. Pneuma (πνευμα) is Greek for "breath", which metaphorically describes a non-material being or influence. Pneumatology - In Christian theology. In Christian theology, pneumatology refers to the study of the Holy Spirit. In mainstream Christian doctrine, the Holy Spirit is the third person of God in the Trinity. Unitarian forms of Christianity deny that the Holy S ...

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• Pneumatology - In Christian theology
• Pneumatology - The pneumatology of Philo

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Biblical Theology is a discipline within Christian theology which studies the Bible from the perspective of understanding the progressive history of God revealing himself to Man following the Fall and throughout the Old Testament and New Testament. It particularly focuses on the epochs of the Old Testament in order to understand how each part of the it ultimately points forward to fulfillment in the life mission of Jesus Christ. Biblical theology seeks to understand a certain passage in the Bible in light of all of the B ...

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• Covenant Theology - History of Covenant Theology
• Covenant Theology - Covenant Theology and the biblical covenants
• Covenant Theology - Covenant Theology and the sacraments
• Covenant Theology - The Lord's Supper
• Covenant Theology - Baptism
• Covenant Theology - Historical documents relating to Covenant Theology
• Covenant Theology - Critics of Covenant Theology

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• Conservative Christianity - Introduction
• Conservative Christianity - Conservative Protestantism
• Conservative Christianity - Scholars theologians and writers
• Conservative Christianity - Conservative Roman Catholicism
• Conservative Christianity - Opus Dei

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In Christianity, Propitiation is a theological term denoting that by which God is rendered propitious, i.e., that 'satisfaction' or 'appeasement' by which it becomes consistent with His character and government to pardon and bless sinners. The propitiation does not procure his love or make him loving; rather, it renders it consistent for him to exercise his love towards sinners. Propitiation - Propitiation in Christian theology. In Christian theology, propitiation is the work of Jesus Christ on the ...

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• Propitiation - Propitiation in Christian theology
• Propitiation - Propitiation in Judaism

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Creation is a doctrinal position in many religions which maintains that one or a group of gods or deities is responsible for creating the universe. Creationism affirms this belief, but the doctrinal belief is not necessarily synonymous with creationism. Creation theology - Judaism & Christianity. Mainstream Biblical scholarship maintains that the creation story found in Genesis 2 is the earlier of the two Genesis accounts. Filled with ancient and rich mythological imagery, it is believed that th ...

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• Creation theology - Judaism & Christianity
• Creation theology - Islam
• Creation theology - Hinduism
• Creation theology - Resources

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Holocaust theology refers to a body of theological and philosophical debate, soul-searching, and analysis, with the subsequent related literature, that attempts to come to grips with various conflicting views about the role of God in this human world and the dark events of the European Holocaust that occurred during World War II (1939-1945) when around 11 million people, including six million Jews were subjected to genocide by the Nazis and their cohorts. "Holocaust theology" is also referred to as "theology nach Auschwitz" ("after Auschwitz" in German), due to the common practice of using ...

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• Holocaust theology - Jewish theological responses
• Holocaust theology - Orthodox and Haredi Jewish responses
• Holocaust theology - Modern Orthodox Jewish views
• Holocaust theology - Works of important Jewish theologians
• Holocaust theology - Michael Berenbaum
• Holocaust theology - Richard Rubinstein
• Holocaust theology - Emil Fackenheim
• Holocaust theology - Ignaz Maybaum
• Holocaust theology - Eliezer Berkovits
• Holocaust theology - Harold Kushner Williams Kaufman and Milton Steiberg
• Holocaust theology - David Weiss Halivni
• Holocaust theology - Irving Greenberg
• Holocaust theology - Christian view
• Holocaust theology - Works of important Christian theologians

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• Christian theological controversy - Pre-Reformational distinctions
• Christian theological controversy - Post-Reformation distinctions
• Christian theological controversy - Present-day distinctions

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• Dispensationalism - History
• Dispensationalism - Dispensationalist theology
• Dispensationalism - The seven dispensational periods
• Dispensationalism - The four basic tenets
• Dispensationalism - Hyper-dispensationalism
• Dispensationalism - Influence of dispensationalist beliefs
• Dispensationalism - Dispensationalism and Messianic Judaism
• Dispensationalism - Dispensationalism and world politics
• Dispensationalism - Dispensationalism and United States politics
• Dispensationalism - Dispensationalism and fiction
• Dispensationalism - Biblical arguments in favor of dispensationalism
• Dispensationalism - Biblical arguments in opposition to dispensationalism
• Dispensationalism - People

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The history of wiki websites specifically related to Christianity is much more recent than that of wikis in general. A wiki website is a site that allows users to add content, as on an internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. In recent years, in response to some of these criticism, small numbers of Christian wiki websites have been setup. The first religious wiki was Why Clubbet although this has been called a failure by some. Currently the largest Christian wiki is WikiChristian which aims to be a major reference s ...

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• Christian wikis - Bible Encyclopedias
• Christian wikis - BibleWiki
• Christian wikis - Wikible
• Christian wikis - Christianity and Christian Theology Encyclopedias
• Christian wikis - WikiChristian
• Christian wikis - Theopedia
• Christian wikis - Tulipedia
• Christian wikis - CARMPedia
• Christian wikis - Other
• Christian wikis - MormonWiki
• Christian wikis - Why Clublet
• Christian wikis - Compass
• Christian wikis - OrthodoxWiki
• Christian wikis - AnglicanWiki
• Christian wikis - CreationWiki

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Quietism is a term with multiple meanings and definitions. Quietism is a Christian philosophy that swept through France, Italy and Spain during the 17th century, but it had much earlier origins. The mystics known as Quietists insist with more or less emphasis on intellectual stillness and interior passivity as essential conditions of perfection; and all have been officially proscribed as heresy in very explicit terms by the Roman Catholic Church. Quietism, according to Schopenhauer ...

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• Quietism - Christian philosophy
• Quietism - Origins of Christian philosophy
• Quietism - Theology
• Quietism - Schopenhauer

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