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• Practical TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Practical theology is a branch of theology that studies from a theological perspective the actual work of the church, including preaching, worship, pastoral ministry, education, and mission.

• Systematic TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Systematic theology is the field of theology that organizes the teaching of Scripture into a unified system, arranging it under topics such as the doctrine of God, anthropology, Christology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and eschatology. It is also called dogmatics.

• Process TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Process theology is a twentieth-century theological movement that seeks to reinterpret the relationship between God and the world on the basis of Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy, which views reality not as fixed substances but as a process of continual becoming and change.

• Contextual TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Contextual theology is a theological movement that seeks to understand and express the gospel within the realities of a particular era, region, culture, and society. In the mission field, this concern is commonly called "contextualization."

• Postmodern TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Postmodern theology is an umbrella term for various movements that arose in the late twentieth century in response to postmodernist thought. These movements critique the modern, reason-centered understanding of truth, emphasize the roles of language, community, and tradition, and seek to rethink theology.

• Black TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Black theology is a theological movement that begins from the experience of Black people who endured slavery and racism and understands God as the one who liberates the oppressed. It took shape in the United States in the late 1960s.

• Doctrine of GodDoctrine & Theology

  The doctrine of God (theology proper) is the branch of systematic theology that addresses who God is: His existence, names, attributes, and triune nature, together with His works such as creation and providence.

• ArminianismDoctrine & Theology

  Arminianism is a Protestant theological tradition originating with the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius. It holds that God's grace comes first to human beings, who may either respond to it or resist it.

• CalvinismDoctrine & Theology

  Calvinism is a theological tradition rooted in the teachings of the Reformer John Calvin. It emphasizes the sovereignty of God in salvation and is commonly summarized by five points drawn from the Canons of Dort, known by the acronym TULIP.

• DispensationalismDoctrine & Theology

  Dispensationalism is a theological system that reads biblical history as a series of "dispensations" (economies) through which God deals with humanity, and that distinguishes between Israel and the church. It originated in nineteenth-century Britain and has also significantly shaped the understanding of the end times in Korean churches.

• AdoptionDoctrine & Theology

  Adoption is a theological term for the grace by which people who were not by nature children of God are received as God's children through Jesus Christ and obtain the rights of heirs.

• MariologyDoctrine & Theology

  Mariology is the field of theology concerned with the identity and role of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. Understandings differ considerably among the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions.

• SubordinationismDoctrine & Theology

  Subordinationism is the view that, within the triune God, the Son and the Holy Spirit are inferior to the Father in essence or divinity. Since the Nicene Creed, the orthodox church has rejected this position.

• EcotheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Ecotheology is a field of theology that reflects on the relationship among God, humanity, and nature and addresses the church's responsibility in the face of the environmental crisis. It is also called environmental theology.

• Open TheismDoctrine & Theology

  Open theism is a theological view holding that God does not foreknow future free choices as settled facts and that part of the future remains open. It became the subject of major controversy within American evangelicalism in the 1990s.

• Theological SeminaryOrganization & Polity

  A theological seminary, or graduate school of theology, is a graduate-level program whose primary purpose is the training of pastors. Its core program is the Master of Divinity (M.Div.), and many Korean Protestant denominations treat completion of this program as a basic requirement for ordination.

• Two Kingdoms DoctrineDoctrine & Theology

  The two kingdoms doctrine is a Protestant teaching that God governs the world in two ways: through a spiritual government, in which he rules faith by his Word, and through a temporal government, in which the state and the law preserve social order.

• SoteriologyDoctrine & Theology

  Soteriology is the branch of Christian theology concerned with how God saves people who are under sin. It encompasses such topics as grace and faith, justification and sanctification, and predestination and free will.

• AngelologyDoctrine & Theology

  Angelology is the branch of systematic theology that deals with the existence, nature, and work of angels, as well as with fallen angels (Satan and demons). In Protestant theology it is usually treated within the doctrines of creation and providence.

• ApologeticsDoctrine & Theology

  Apologetics is a branch of theology that explains why the Christian faith is true and reasonable and responds to criticisms of and questions about the faith.