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Christian theology is reasoned discourse concerning Christian faith. Christian theologians use rational analysis and argument to understand, explain, test, critique, defend or promote Christianity. Theology might be undertaken to help the theologian understand Christianity more truly,^[1] make comparisons between Christianity and other traditions,^[2] defend Christianity against critics, facilitate Christianity's reform,^[3] assist in the propagation of Christianity,^[4] draw on the resources of the Christian tradition to address some present situation or need,^[5] or for a variety of other reasons. Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... For other uses, see Reason (disambiguation). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... Rationality as a term is related to the idea of reason, a word which following Websters may be derived as much from older terms referring to thinking itself as from giving an account or an explanation. ... Look up understanding in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An explanation is a statement which points to causes, context, and consequences of some object, process, state of affairs, etc. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Major religious groups of the world. ... Apologists are authors, writers, editors of scientific logs or academic journals, and leaders known for taking on the points in arguments, conflicts or positions that are either placed under popular scrutinies or viewed under persecutory examinations. ... Proselytism is the practice of attempting to convert people to another opinion, usually another religion. ...

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The emergence of Christian theology

The emergence of Christian theology has sometimes been presented as the triumph of Hellenistic rationality over the Hebraic faith of Jesus and the early disciples. The early African theologian Tertullian, for instance, complained that the 'Athens' of philosophy was corrupting the 'Jerusalem' of faith.^[6] More recent discussions have qualified and nuanced this picture. Rationality as a term is related to the idea of reason, a word which following Websters may be derived as much from older terms referring to thinking itself as from giving an account or an explanation. ... For other uses, see Faith (disambiguation). ... Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, anglicised as Tertullian, (ca. ...

• From the very beginning of the Christian movement, followers of Jesus tried to make sense of the impact of Jesus of Nazareth, and began arguing about differing ways of making sense. There has never been an uncontested, unrationalized Christian faith.^[7].
• These processes of making sense initially drew upon the ideas and narratives of contemporary Judaism, which was already Hellenized in various degrees. As time went by, ideas and narratives from other Hellenistic context were drawn on, but the Jewish scriptures remained a key driver of theological development, and too sharp a distinction between Hebraic and Hellenistic is unsustainable. Some elements of early Christian theologizing previously thought to be thoroughly 'Hellenistic' (e.g., the Prologue of John's Gospel) are now regularly argued to be thoroughly Jewish.
• The ideas and narratives drawn on in this process were transformed as they were given a new context in Christian practices of devotion, community—formation and evangelism—and the extent to which borrowings from Hellenistic culture (for instance) were given new meanings in this process should not be underestimated.^[8]
• One of the characteristics of those strands of early Christianity (in the second and third centuries) sometimes called 'proto-orthodox' (because they are the most direct ancestors of the forms of Christianity that in the fourth century were defined as Orthodox), invested a great deal of time and energy in communication between widely spread conversations, and in pursuing a deep interest in each other's beliefs and practices. This concern and communication seems to have been as much a driver of the development of theological activity as the desire to communicate Christianity to, or make it acceptable in, a Hellenistic culture.^[9]

The history of Christian theology

Main article: History of Christian theology

See also: This is an overview of the history of Christian theology from the time of Christ to the present. ...

• the main theology article, which includes material on the history of the word "theology" in Christianity, and
• the main article on the history of theology, which presents the story of Christian, Jewish and Islamic theology.

Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... This is an overview of the history of theology in Greek thought, Christianity, Judaism and Islam from the time of Christ to the present. ...

Divisions of Christian Theology

There are many methods of categorizing Christian different approaches to Christian theology.

Sub-disciplines

Christian theologians may be specialists in one or more theological sub-disciplines. These are the kinds of phrases that one finds in certain job titles such as 'Professor of x', 'Senior Lecturer in y':

• Apologetics—studying Christian theology as it compares to other worldviews to give a defense of faith and to challenge others' beliefs
• Biblical hermeneutics—interpretation of the Bible, often with particular emphasis on the nature and constraints of contemporary interpretation
• Biblical Studies—interpretation of the Bible, often with particular emphasis on historical-critical investigation
• Biblical Theology—interpretation of the Bible, often with particular emphasis on links between biblical texts and the topics of systematic or dogmatic theology
• Constructive Theology—generally another name for Systematic Theology; also specifically a Postmodernist approach to Systematic theology, applying (among other things) Feminist theory, Queer theory, Deconstructionism, and Hermeneutics to theological topics
• Dogmatic theology—studying theology (or dogma) as it developed in different church denominations
• Ecumenical Theology—comparing the doctrines of the diverse churches (such as Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and the various Protestant denominations) with the goal of promoting unity among them
• Exegesis—interpretation of the Bible
• Historical Theology—studying Christian theology from an historical perspective
• Homiletics—in theology the application of general principles of rhetoric to public preaching
• Moral Theology—explores the moral and ethical dimensions of the religious life
• Natural theology—the discussion of those aspects of theology that can be investigated without the help of revelation scriptures or tradition (sometimes contrasted with "positive theology")—the discussion of those aspects of theology
• Patristics or Patrology—studies the teaching of Church Fathers, or the development of Christian ideas and practice in the period of the Church Fathers
• Philosophical Theology—philosophical analysis of theological topics.
• Pragmatic or Practical Theology—studying theology as it relates to everyday living and service to God, including serving as a religious minister
• Spiritual theology—studying theology as a means to orthopraxy: Scripture and tradition are both used as guides for spiritual growth and discipline
• Systematic theology (doctrinal theology, dogmatic theology or philosophical theology)—focused on the attempt to arrange and interpret the ideas current in the religion. This is also associated with Constructive Theology
• Theological aesthetics—interdisciplinary study of theology and aesthetics / the arts

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Major topics

These topics crop up again and again in Christian theology; they are the main recurrent 'loci' around which Christian theological discussion revolves.

• Bible--the nature and means of its inspiration, etc.; including Hermeneutics (the development and study of theories of the interpretation and understanding of texts)
• Eschatology—the study of the last things, or end times. Covers subjects such as death and the afterlife, the end of history, the end of the world, the last judgment, the nature of hope and progress, etc.
• Christology—the study of Jesus Christ, of his nature(s), and of the relationship between his divinity and humanity;
• Creation theology
• Divine providence.
• Ecclesiology (sometimes a subsection of missiology)—the study of the Christian Church, including the institutional structure, sacraments and practices (especially the worship of God) thereof
• Missiology (sometimes a subsection of ecclesiology)—God's will in the world, missions, evangelism, etc.
• Pneumatology—the study of the Holy Spirit, sometimes also 'geist' as in Hegelianism and other philosophico-theological systems
• Soteriology—the study of the nature and means of salvation. May include Hamartiology (the study of sin), Law and Gospel (the study of the relationship between Divine Law and Divine Grace, justification, sanctification
• Theological anthropology—the study of humanity, especially as it relates to the divine
• Theology Proper—the study of God's attributes, nature, and relation to the world. May include:
  • Theodicy--attempts at reconciling the existence of evil and suffering in the world with the nature and justice of God
  • [[Apophatic theology]--negative theology, sometimes contrasted with "cataphatic theology" (the discussion of what God is not, or the investigation of how language about God breaks down. See the nature of God in Western theology)

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