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• Liberation TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Liberation theology is a theological movement that arose in the Latin American Catholic Church in the late 1960s. It reads the Bible from the standpoint of the poor and oppressed and understands salvation as encompassing social and political liberation.

• Biblical TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Biblical theology is the theological discipline that sets out the theological content of Scripture by following the historical course in which the Bible was written and the context of each of its books. It is the counterpart of systematic theology, which organizes the teaching of Scripture by topic.

• Theology of the CrossDoctrine & Theology

  The theology of the cross is a theological perspective holding that God reveals himself not in glory and power but in the suffering and weakness of the cross. Martin Luther set it forth in contrast to the "theology of glory."

• Theology of GloryDoctrine & Theology

  The theology of glory refers to an outlook holding that human beings can know God and attain to God through human reason, merit, and success. Martin Luther used the term critically, setting it against the theology of the cross.

• Theology of WorkDoctrine & Theology

  The theology of work is a field of theology that examines the meaning of human work and labor before God and the relationship between working life and faith. It is also called "faith and work."

• Theology of MissionDoctrine & Theology

  The theology of mission is the field that studies, on the basis of Scripture and theology, the grounds, purpose, and scope of mission, that is, the church's work of proclaiming the gospel and carrying out God's will in the world.

• Theology of WorshipDoctrine & Theology

  The theology of worship is the field of theology that examines what worship is, and why and how it is offered, in light of Scripture and church tradition. It is treated as a branch of practical theology.

• Reformed TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Reformed theology is a Protestant theological tradition that continues the line of Zwingli, Calvin, and others within the sixteenth-century Reformation. It emphasizes the sovereignty of God and the authority of Scripture. In Korea, it is represented chiefly by the Presbyterian churches.

• Wesleyan TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Wesleyan theology is a theological tradition rooted in the teachings of John Wesley, who led the eighteenth-century Methodist movement in England. It emphasizes grace extended to all people and a holy life (sanctification). Methodist and Holiness churches, among others, stand within this tradition.

• Liberal TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Liberal theology is a movement in Protestant theology, emerging in the nineteenth century, that treats modern reason, scholarship, and individual religious experience as important criteria for understanding the faith. Among Korean Protestant churches, the term is used chiefly as a critical label by conservatives.

• Covenant TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Covenant theology is a theological system, developed within the Reformed tradition, that seeks to understand the whole of Scripture and the history of salvation as a unity centered on the covenants (relationships grounded in promise) that God has made with human beings.

• Prosperity TheologyControversies

  Prosperity theology is a teaching that emphasizes that those who have faith will receive the blessings of health and wealth. In Korea it has often been criticized as gibok sinang ("blessing-seeking faith").

• Minjung TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Minjung theology is a theology that took shape in South Korea in the 1970s. It regards the oppressed and marginalized minjung ("the people") as the subjects of history and the starting point of theology.

• Replacement TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Replacement theology is the theological view that God's covenant relationship with Israel was transferred to the church after Jesus Christ. It is also called supersessionism.

• Natural TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Natural theology is the branch of theology concerned with what can be known about God through the order of the natural world and through human reason and conscience, without relying on special revelation such as Scripture.

• Feminist TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Feminist theology is a theological movement that rereads the Bible and the Christian tradition from the experience and perspective of women and critically examines male-centered interpretations and institutions within the church and theology.

• Indigenization TheologyHistory

  Indigenization theology is a theological movement that seeks to interpret the gospel within the religious and cultural traditions of Korea. It was advanced in the 1960s by Yun Sung-bum, Yu Tong-shik, and others at Methodist Theological Seminary in Seoul, and the controversy surrounding it is known as the "indigenization debate."

• Pastoral TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Pastoral theology is a branch of practical theology that studies, from a theological standpoint, the principles and practice of pastoral ministry, in which pastors teach, care for, and lead their congregations.

• Historical TheologyDoctrine & Theology

  Historical theology is the branch of theology that studies how Christian faith and doctrine have been understood and formulated in successive eras. It encompasses both church history and the history of doctrine.