theological

(adjective)

Of or relating to theology.

Related Terms

Examples of theological in the following topics:

  • The Great Awakening

    • In the late colonial period, most pastors read their sermons, which were theologically dense and advanced a particular theological argument or interpretation [].

  • Christian Fundamentalism

    • A second school of thought developed in the mid-19th century from Princeton Theology, a conservative, reformed and Presbyterian strain of Protestantism taught at the Princeton Theological Seminary.
    • They also addressed what was considered the falsity of theological systems such as Christian Science, "Millennial Dawnism", and Mormonism, as well as the errors of "Romanism".
    • Chafer, who had founded the Dallas Theological Seminary in 1924.
    • Princeton Theological Seminary in the 1800s, where a school of thought called Princeton Theology developed that would be extremely influential in Fundamentalist belief.

  • The Social Gospel

    • Theologically, the Social Gospellers sought to operationalize the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:10): "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
    • Social Gospel leaders were predominantly associated with the liberal wing of the Progressive Movement and most were theologically liberal, although they were typically conservative when it came to their views on social issues.

  • Populism and Religion

    • Bryan served on organizations containing a large number of theological liberals—he sat on the temperance committee of the Federal Council of Churches and on the general committee of the short-lived Inter-church World Movement.
    • The campaign kicked off in October 1921, when the Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia invited Bryan to deliver the James Sprunt Lectures.

  • The Scopes Trial

    • The trial, therefore, was both theological and scientific, testing the faith-based belief that the word of God as revealed in the Bible took priority over all human knowledge, or whether religion was consistent with evolution as argued by scientists and other intellectuals.

  • Unitarianism and Universalism

    • Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement named for its understanding of God as one person (in direct contrast to Trinitarianism, which defines God as three persons coexisting as one in being).

  • Markets and Missionaries

    • While pastors like Rauschenbusch were combining their expertise in Biblical ethics and economic studies and research to preach theological claims around the need for social reform, others such as Dwight Moody refused to preach about social issues based on personal experience.

  • Progressivism and Religion

    • They were theologically liberal, although they were typically conservative when it came to their views on social issues.

  • Separating Church and State

    • Given the wide diversity of opinions on Christian theological matters in the newly independent United States, the Constitutional Convention believed government-sanctioned religion would disrupt, rather than bind, the newly formed union.

  • The Populist Movement

    • His campaign kicked off in October 1921, when the Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia invited Bryan to deliver the James Sprunt Lectures.