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Theologian
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One who studies religion and the nature of deity, whether natural or supernatural.Culture and Society > Metaphysics > Religion
Theologians are often very diverse in their interests and orientation, depending on what sort of deity they study. Some specialize in religious philosophy and metaphysics, some in archailectology, and some in the revelations of gods and avatars. While some theologians differ widely according to their particular doctrinal approach, choice of sephirotic or noetic, and concepts concerning the nature of deity (natural and/or supernatural) and Eir relation to the universe, others are very broad and multi-denominational, embracing a great many religions, memeticities, and beliefs, and an entire pantheons of archailects, but even these specialize in matters pertaining to their own religious belief.
Theologians may be baseline, nearbaseline, bioborg, cyborg, vec, virtual or any other thing, and use databases and expert systems to store encyclopaedic terabytes of information on religious and non-religious philosophy and doctrine, the nature of the spirit or soul, eschatology, ethical behavior and instruction, religious history, important founders and figures of all the important religions, although always specializing in their own, proselytism, didactics, sociology of religion, comparative religion, mysticism, and xenoreligion.
Some important centers of theology are:
- Greylag. In the Negentropy Alliance, hosting the largest population of theologians in the known galaxy.
- Tycho City, Solsys. Home of the Universalist Church.
- The Buddhist ashrams of Proxima Centauri Oort Cloud, and
- The Monastery Habitats of the Reformed Catholic Church.
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One of the personalities of the Godhead; a part or aspect of an Archailect or Archailect Cluster; an aspect of a supernatural deity - e.g. the Christ of the Reformed Catholic Church. - Omega Point Theology
- Pluralist Meta-Theology - Text by Michael Walton
Variant of Dualist Meta-Theology that replaces a pair of opposed deities or pantheons with three or more mutually opposed entities. The operative principles are otherwise identical to those of Dualist Meta-Theology. - Theology - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Religio-philosophical discourse or speculation on the nature of God or transcendent beings in general. Theology can be natural (seeking the Divine in the physical universe), supernatural (based on faith) or archailectonic/"artificial" (pertaining to the Archailects). See also theologian.
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Text by M. Alan Kazlev, from original entry by Robert J. Hall
Initially published on 09 January 2002.
Initially published on 09 January 2002.
