Showing posts with label Theology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Theology. Show all posts

Friday, 7 November 2014

Theology in relation to other disciplines

Introduction:  As an intellectual discipline, theology is part of the whole intellectual enterprise of mankind, and must therefore stand in relation to other disciplines.  Now we are selecting for closer study some sensitive points and such points will be briefly discussed-those at which theology comes into relation with philosophy, art and science.

Branches and Subject Matter of Theology

Branches of Theology:
            In the Bible, The Old Testament is dominated by the Hebrew language and so also the New Testament by the Greek language. So the Christian theology we get from the Bible is the mixture of concepts of Hebrew and Greek. Philosophy also got its origin from the Bible. As such theology is divided into particular branches as follows:

What is Theology? Give various Definitions of Theology

1.   Introduction:
Theology is an endeavour to understand God in His relation to His creation. However, it is impossible to fully understand God as human understanding is very limited to know God. Let us try to discuss about theology briefly below :-