Christian theology

Christian theology

The systematic study of the nature of God and religion.

Contributors in Christian theology

Christian theology

A term relating to the doctrine of the Trinity, often also referred to by the Latin term circumincession. The basic notion is that all three persons of the Trinity mutually share in the life of the ...

kenoticism

Religion; Christian theology

A form of Christology which lays emphasis upon Christ's "laying aside" of certain divine attributes in the incarnation, or his "emptying himself" of at least some divine attributes, especially ...

theodicy

Religion; Christian theology

A term coined by Leibnitz to refer to a theoretical justification of the goodness of God in the face of the presence of evil in the world.

Eschatology

Religion; Christian theology

From the Greek "eschatos," which means "last," and "logos," which means "word." It is the study of last things: the tribulation, the rapture, the return of Jesus, the final judgment, etc.

Fundamentalism

Religion; Christian theology

A form of American Protestant Christianity which lays especial emphasis upon the authority of an inerrant Bible.

Apostolic era

Religion; Christian theology

The period of the Christian church, regarded as definitive by many, bounded by the resurrection of Jesus Christ (c. AD 35) and the death of the last Apostle (c. AD 90). The ideas and practises of ...