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theologian Definition

theo·lo·gian (t̸hē′ə lō′jən, -jē ən)

noun

a student of or specialist in theology or of a particular branch, school, etc. of theology; often, specif., a person who expounds a specific theology, or theological doctrine

Etymology: MFr théologien

theologian Synonyms

theologian

n.

divine, theologist, ecclesiastic, scholastic; see philosopher, scholar 2.

theologian Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • lead: Here, leading evangelical theologian Jim Packer sounds a vital warning.
  • note: He was a noted theologian and scientist and was most widely known for his discovery of oxygen.
  • learn: He excelled in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, and became a learned theologian and a most popular preacher.
  • know: Karl Marx as Watershed As we all know, Latin American liberation theologians are deeply engaged with Marxism.
  • become: It became largely theologians who argued in favor of the actual infinite.

Converse of subject

  • write: Zondervan launches first Africa Bible Commentary The first Bible commentary written exclusively by African theologians has been launched in Kenya.

Adjective modifier

  • Reformed: Moltmann: I am neither the first nor the only Reformed theologian to have difficulties with infant baptism.
  • eminent: For what it's worth, I'm no psychology expert or eminent theologian on the subject of worries.
  • evangelical: Here, leading evangelical theologian Jim Packer sounds a vital warning.
  • feminist: Feminist theologians will also want to question Lot's apparent willingness to hand his daughters over to a mad crowd to face certain death.

Modifies a noun

  • today: A central topic of creative conflict between philosophers and theologians today is the nature and extent of the relationship between subjectivity and divinity.

Noun used with modifier

  • liberation: Black liberation theologians argue that their people have suffered oppression at the hands of racist whites.
  • century: In the 19th century liberal theologians said God didn't communicate with the world.
  • church: He claims that the early church theologian, Irenaeus, quoted the gospel of Barnabas as he opposed the Apostle Paul.
  • woman: This, of course, isn't a problem with women theologians per se.
  • process: Unlike in classical theism in God for the process theologians is not omnipotent and does not know the future.

Preposition: of

  • century: William Arthur, an Irish Methodist loaned to the Wesleyan Missionary Society, was one of the influential theologians of the nineteenth century.