Theology

From Srafopedia

Theology is a term first used by Plato in The Republic (book ii, chap 18). The term is compounded from two Greek words theos (god) and logos (rational utterance). It has been defined as reasoned discourse about God or the gods, or more generally about religion or spirituality.

Theologians use various forms of analysis and argument (philosophical, ethnographic, historical) to help understand, explain, test, critique, defend or promote any of a myriad of religious topics.

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Experimental Theology

In Lyra's World, and in line with Esoteric Renaming which, perhaps, emphasizes the blurring of boundaries between Science and Religion in a world where the Magisterium is all-powerful, Pullman often reverses the expected meanings of common words. Thus, experimental theologians are what we call physicists, and they perform their experiments in chapels.