Outline of theology

The following outline is presented as an overview of and topical guide to theology:

Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.

Apologetics

Apologetics is the whole of the consensus of the views of those who defend a position in an argument of long standing.

• General: List of apologetic works · Polemic · Positive Deconstruction · More...
• Bahá'í: Bahá'í apologetics
• Christian: Christian apologetics · Christian apologists · List of Christian apologetic works · Ecumenical Apologetics · Presuppositional apologetics · Epistle to Diognetus · Trilemma · Urmonotheismus · More...
• Muslim: Muslim apologists

Conceptions of God

Conceptions of God
Bahá'í
Buddhist
Christian
Hindu
Islamic
Jain
Jewish
Mormon
Sikh
Zoroastrian

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Concepts
Divine presence Divine revelation Divine language Divine will Divine judgment Human transcendence Divine providence
Philosophical aspects
Conceptions of God

Divine presence

Divine presence

God

• As the: Devil · Sustainer

• In: Abrahamic religions · Bahá'í Faith · Buddhism · Christianity · Hinduism · Islam · Jainism · Judaism · Sikhism · Zoroastrianism · More...

Names of God

• In: Christianity · Hinduism · Islam · Judaism · More...

Singular God

• God
• Absolute (philosophy)
• Brahman
• Emanationism
• Logos
• Supreme Being
• More...

Binitarianism

• Binitarianism

Trinitarianism

• Trinity
• Trinitarian formula
• Athanasian Creed
• Comma Johanneum
• Consubstantiality
• Homoousian
• Hypostasis
• Perichoresis
• Shield of the Trinity
• Trinity of the Church Fathers
• Trinitarian Universalism
• More...

Other views

• Aristotelian view of God
• Demiurge
• Divine simplicity
• Egotheism
• Godhead (Christianity)
• Godhead (Latter Day Saints)
• Great Architect of the Universe
• Great Spirit
• Kabbalistic definition of God
• Apophatic theology
• Olelbis
• Open theism
• Personal god
• Phenomenological definition of God
• Philo's view of God
• Sarav viāpak
• Taryenyawagon
• The All
• Tian
• Unmoved mover
• More...

Eschatology

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Eschatology
Buddhist eschatology Maitreya Mappō Three Ages
Christian eschatology Biblical texts Book of Revelation Book of Daniel Olivet discourse Sheep and Goats Major figures Jesus Two Witnesses Four Horsemen Antichrist Different views Preterism Idealism Historicism Futurism Millennial differences Premillennialism Amillennialism Postmillennialism Other events Chronology of Revelation Rapture Seven Seals Jesus' Second Coming Last Judgment
Hindu eschatology Kalki Kali Yuga Shiva
Islamic eschatology Good Dhul-Qarnayn Muhammad Imam Mahdī Jesus the Messiah (Second Coming) Beast of the Last Days Evil Khawarij False Messiah Gog and Magog Dhul Suwayqatayn Culmination Resurrection & Judgement
Jewish eschatology The Messiah Book of Daniel Kabbalah
Zoroastrian eschatology Frashokereti (eschatology) Saoshyant
Inter-religious End times Apocalypticism 2012 phenomenon Millenarianism Last Judgment Resurrection of the Dead Gog and Magog Messianic Age

Eschatology, literally the "study of the last", is the part of theology and philosophy concerned with the end of the world.

• Afterlife
• Apocalypticism
• Buddhist
• Christian
• Concepts of Heaven
• Doomsday films
• Ghost Dance Movement
• Ghosts
• Hindu
• Islamic
• Jewish
• Personifications of death
• Singularitarianism
• Taoist
• Zoroastrian
• More

Existence of God

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God
General conceptions
Agnosticism Apatheism Atheism Deism Henotheism Ignosticism Monotheism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Theism Transtheism
Specific conceptions
Creator Demiurge Devil Father Great Architect Monad Mother Supreme Being Sustainer The All The Lord Trinity Tawhid Ditheism Monism Personal Unitarianism
In particular religions
Abrahamic Bahá'í Christianity Islam Judaism Ayyavazhi Buddhism Hinduism Jainism Sikhism Zoroastrianism
Attributes
Eternalness Existence Gender Names "God" Omnibenevolence Omnipotence Omnipresence Omniscience
Experiences and practices
Belief Esotericism Faith Fideism Gnosis Hermeticism Metaphysics Mysticism Prayer Revelation Worship
Related topics
Euthyphro dilemma God complex Neurotheology Ontology Philosophy Problem of evil Religion Religious texts Portrayals of God in popular media

Arguments against

Arguments from

• Free will
• Inconsistent revelations
• Nonbelief
• Poor design

Other arguments

• God of the gaps
• Incompatible-properties argument
• Omnipotence paradox
• Problem of evil
• Problem of Hell
• Theological noncognitivism
• Transcendental argument
• More...

Arguments for

Arguments from

• A proper basis
• Beauty
• Consciousness
• Degree
• Desire
• Love
• Miracles
• Morality
• Reason
• Religious experience

Other arguments

• Christological
• Cosmological
• Ontological
• Pascal's wager
• Teleological
• Trademark
• Transcendental
• Witness
• More...

Opposition to religion

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Atheism
Concepts
Antitheism Atheism and religion Criticism of atheism Implicit and explicit atheism Negative and positive atheism
History
History of atheism New Atheism State atheism
Arguments for atheism
Arguments against God's existence Argument from free will Argument from inconsistent revelations Argument from nonbelief Hitchens' razor Argument from poor design Atheist's Wager Fate of the unlearned God of the gaps Incompatible-properties argument Omnipotence paradox Problem of evil Problem of Hell Russell's teapot Theological noncognitivism Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit
People
Demographics Discrimination / persecution of atheists Notable atheists
Related concepts
Agnosticism  Agnostic theism Agnostic atheism Ignosticism Apatheism Weak agnosticism Strong agnosticism List of agnostics Irreligion  Criticism of religion Freethought Freedom From Religion Foundation Anti-clericalism Antireligion Parody religion Post-theism Naturalism  Humanistic Metaphysical Methodological Religious Secularism  Secularity Secular Humanism Secularist organizations
Atheism portal WikiProject

• Antireligion
• Anti-Buddhism · Catholicism · Christianity · Gnosticism · Hinduism · Islam (Criticism · Islamophobia · Persecution) · Judaism · Protestantism · cult movement · Zoroastrianism · More...
• Disengagement from religion
• Secularism
• Separation of church and state

Theism

Theism in the broadest sense is the belief in the existence of a god or gods. In the more specific sense used here theism refers to a particular doctrine concerning the nature of a God and its relationship to the universe.

• List of belief systems · Deity (Divinity · Numen · Male · Female · Gender of) · Deism · Dystheism · Henotheism · Hermeticism · Kathenotheism · Nontheism · Monolatrism · Monotheism · Mysticism · Panentheism · Pandeism · Pantheism · Polydeism · Polytheism · Spiritualism · Theopanism · More...

Theologies

• Christian: of the Bible · Terms · Christology · Cosmology · Ecclesiology · Ethics · Hamartiology · Law · Messianism · Movements · Nestorianism · New testament · Old testament · Philosophy · Practical · Sophiology · Soteriology · More...
• Feminist: Buddhism · Christianity · Hinduism · Islam · Judaism · Mormonism · Goddesses · More...
• Hindu: Ayyavazhi theology · Hindu philosophical concepts · Krishnology · More...
• Islamic: Aqidah · Mutazilites · Shi'a theology · More...
• Jewish: Abrahamic prophecy · Angels in Judaism · Jewish mysticism
• Other: Death of God · Exotheology · Holocaust · Pope Pius XII · Process · Zoroastrian · More... · Queer

Seminaries and theological colleges

• Anglican · Buddhist · Eastern Orthodox · Evangelical · Islamic · Jewish · Lutheran · Madrassas · Methodist · Reformed Church · Roman Catholic · More...

Resources

• Libraries
• Journals: List of theological journals · More...

Practitioners

• Teachers
• Theologians

See also

• Ascetical theology
• Biblical theology
• Constructive theology
• Doctor of Divinity
• Exegesis
• Formal and material principles of theology
• Heresy
• Hierology
• History of theology
• Liberation theology
• Moral theology
• Mystical theology
• Natural theology
• Neurotheology
• Odium theologicum
• Ontological and theological perfection
• Religious philosophy
• Propitiation
• Scholasticism
• Systematic theology
• Thealogy
• Theogony
• Theological aesthetics
• Theosony