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The term 'Theology' literally means the study of God, deriving from the Greek word theos, meaning 'God', and the suffix -ology from the Greek word logos meaning "the character of one who speaks or treats of [a certain subject]", or simply "the study of a certain subject". It now means the science of God or of religion, typically as it is practised in a systematic and reasoned or philosophical manner. Saint Augustine defined theology as 'reasoning or discussion concerning the Deity'. Theologians use various forms of analysis and argument (philosophical, ethnographic, historical, spiritual and others) to help understand, explain, test, critique, defend or promote any of myriad religious topics, discussing such issues by applying reason and perception to dogma (divine or ecclesistical authority). It might be undertaken to help the theologian:
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GNU Free Documentation License Do you see Liberation Theology as problematic towards our Capitalist system? Q. Liberation theology is a school of theology within Christianity, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church. It emphasizes the Christian mission to bring justice to the poor and oppressed, particularly through political activism. Its theologians consider sin the root source of poverty, recognizing sin as exploitive capitalism and class war by the rich against the poor As an atheist and capitalist, this is doubly worrisome to me. Here you have Theft (Socialism) justified in people's minds by 'God'. Scary! Asked by Baby Shambles - Wed Apr 15 19:41:53 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. "Theft" is a concept derived from the idea of "ownership". If no one owns anything, then no one can steal anything. But we need to consider how "ownership" itself came to exist. Somewhen in the past, somebody picked something up or pointed at something and said "mine!" There was no justification for it, just the claim, and a willingness to fight others for possession. And anything could be owned, including other people, such as slaves, wives and children. Where did the feudal lords get their titles and lands? By fighting and stealing from other people. The people who had already taken over properties and territory got to be "kings" and "nobles", but they had no "God-given" right to any of it, just force and conspiracy with other… [cont.] Answered by skepsis - Wed Apr 15 20:00:23 2009 Is there any evidence from responses by Christians that any of them have a love-driven theology? Q. Especially when asked what drives the theology of those who believe in hell as a place of torment? Asked by SouthPark Jesus - Sat Oct 25 00:00:02 2008 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments A. honestly, most christians do not seem to have any love to give to anyone. Most of the loving christians I have met were more closely related to hippies and that movement then actually christians. Answered by Big Richard Cheney - Sat Oct 25 00:13:51 2008 Is theology, Sports Studies, Media Studies and Psychology a good list to take for A level?
Q. im in year 10 but our school is making us choose our options early. I am very interested in Sport it is my favourite subject, and psycholocy sounds interesting. Theology is a bit different to wat i like and media studies is my last one because i dont like anything else they offer!! do you think this would be a good list to have a my options? Asked by EBuck - Sat Jun 13 17:35:06 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Sport Studies?!?! Really? What use is it? What do you want to do, because your options don't really seem aimed at a single job? I'm not sure if these will help you get your job. Answered by J.C - Sat Jun 13 17:41:05 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Theology" See also:
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