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theo·lo·gian (t̸hē′ə lōjən, -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

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theologian Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • lead: Here, leading evangelical theologian Jim Packer sounds a vital warning.

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.

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.

Preposition: of

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