Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity and the history behind religion. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the supernatural, but also deals with religious epistemology, asks and seeks to answer the question of revelation. Revelation pertains to the acceptance of God, gods, or deities, as not only transcendent or above the natural world, but also willing and able to interact with the natural world and to reveal themselves to humankind.
Theologians use various forms of analysis and argument (experiential, philosophical, ethnographic, historical, and others) to help understand, explain, test, critique, defend or promote ...
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Illustration of a 1585-1590 Ottoman manuscript depicting Mālik ibn Anas.
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Moses Maimonides. Photogravure.
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Paul Heinrich Dietrich Baron d'Holbach
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During the 13th century, Saint Thomas Aquinas sought to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Augus...