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The original meaning of the word “theology” was “union with God in prayer.” Today theology has become one academic discipline alongside many others, and often theologians are finding it hard to pray.
Henri J.M. Nouwen • In the Name of Jesus
Christian theology is language about the liberating character of God's presence in Jesus Christ as he calls his people into being for freedom in the world.
James H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
Theodicy names the abstract “problem of pain”—the logical dilemma of how God can be good and all-powerful even as horrible things regularly happen in the world. And it also names the crisis of faith that often comes from an encounter with suffering.2
Tish Harrison Warren • Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
Philosophy includes “Natural Theology” (Nat Theo)
Revelation involves personal disclosure
Nat Theo is based on reason
Sacred Theology is based on God’s Revelation
Fundl Theo sits in between, reflects on God’s Revelation using Reason
In the beginning: Phi - Scie - Theo were one subject
Unlike the Greeks, the Jews had Revelation
The Jews consider themselves
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Theology is second-order reflection on first-order language about God and faith. Theology is not faith, nor does it require faith. It may sometimes be, in that traditional phrase, “faith seeking understanding” (fides quaerens intellectum). But for me theology is simply showing how statements of faith and belief can be seen as rational, sensible,
... See moreDale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
A theology is only a way of thinking about and understanding—or misunderstanding—God. Practical theology studies the manner in which our actions interact with God to accomplish his ends in human life.
Dallas Willard • The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
