Synonyms for Theology
θiˈɒl ə dʒithe·ol·o·gy

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1. theology

   Piety is primarily filial duty, as of children to parents, and hence, in its highest sense, a loving obedience and service to God as the Heavenly Father; pietism often denotes a mystical, sometimes an affected piety; religion is the reverent acknowledgment both in heart and in act of a divine being. Religion, in the fullest and highest sense, includes all the other words of this group. Worship may be external and formal, or it may be the adoring reverence of the human spirit for the divine, seeking outward expression. Devotion, which in its fullest sense is self-consecration, is often used to denote an act of worship, especially prayer or adoration; as, he is engaged in his devotions. Morality is the system and practise of duty as required by the moral law, consisting chiefly in outward acts, and thus may be observed without spiritual rectitude of heart; morality is of necessity included in all true religion, which involves both outward act and spiritual service. Godliness (primarily godlikeness) is a character and spirit like that of God. Holiness is the highest, sinless perfection of any spirit, whether divine or human, tho often used for purity or for consecration. Theology is the science of religion, or the study and scientific statement of all that the human mind can know of God. Faith, strictly the belief and trust which the soul exercises toward God, is often used as a comprehensive word for a whole system of religion considered as the object of faith; as, the Christian faith; the Mohammedan faith.

   Synonyms:
   devotion, faith, godliness, holiness, morality, pietism, piety, religion, righteousness, worship

   Antonyms:
   atheism, blasphemy, godlessness, impiety, irreligion, profanity, sacrilege, unbelief, ungodliness, wickedness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. theology, divinitynoun

   the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

   Synonyms:
   deity, divinity, theology, immortal, theological system, divinity fudge, god

2. theology, theological systemnoun

   a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings

   "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology"

   Synonyms:
   divinity, theology, theological system

3. theologynoun

   the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary)

   "he studied theology at Oxford"

   Synonyms:
   divinity, theological system

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1. • Learned Profession
   • Theology

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. theologynoun

   Synonyms:
   divinity, true doctrine concerning god and his relations to man, scientific statement of the facts of religion

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1. List of paraphrases for "theology":

   theological, divinity, theologian

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1. Walt Whitman:

   I say that democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly grows its own forms of art, poems, schools, theology, displacing all that exists, or that has been produced anywhere in the past, under opposite influences.

2. Martin Tobias Lithner:

   Theology I would say can be described as the trajectory of the sacred parabola, where faith ascends into the cosmic heights and descends into the depths of existential contemplation. In this divine curve, each theological reflection becomes a celestial arc, tracing the path of faith's ascent and the graceful descent into the mysteries of the divine.

3. Kate McElwee:

   Catholic Church is Catholic Church, and we believe that Catholic Church could restore Catholic Church moral voice and credibility if Catholic Church practiced gender equity. Equality for women and girls changes the world, it's easy for some of us in Western countries to opt out of the church's powers, but in a lot of communities, Catholic Church runs the only hospital or the only school. The theology that teaches that girls are somehow subservient or the complements to men filters through, and that gets taught around the world.

4. Raphael Warnock:

   Its voice has been important for the development of Black theology, it was the Black Muslims who challenged Black preachers and said, ‘you’re promulgating … the White man’s religion. That’s a slave religion. You’re telling people to focus on heaven, meanwhile, they’re catching hell,'.

5. Michael Horton:

   Theology, not morality, is the first business on the church's agenda of reform, and the church, not society, is the first target of divine criticism.