theology

in a sentence

He had studied Latin, Spanish, and theology.  (source) Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist, 1988

To complicate matters further, he believed that he had had contact with the Devil and had argued theology with him.  (source) Arthur Miller, The Crucible, 1953

I've hidden it away in the theology section.  (source) Athol Fugard, Master Harold...and the Boys, 1982

They said I can probably get into the theology school there  (source) Walter Dean Myers, Fallen Angels, 1988

Whereas Pastor Merrill spoke an educated language—he'd been an English major at Princeton; he'd heard Niebuhr and Tillich lecture at Union Theological—Rector Wiggin spoke in ex-pilot homilies; he was a pulpit-thumper who had no doubt.†  (source) John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, 1989

"Look," I said, "if you insist on splitting hairs from back-world theologies, why don't you fly to Jacktown and ask a few of the Cult priests?"†  (source) Dan Simmons, Hyperion, 1989

The great scholastics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were unanimous in their conviction that nothing could be true in philosophy that was theologically false.†  (source) Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain, 1924

He taught theology in the government high school in the village of Shahpur.†  (source) Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala, 2013

He was not educated, hadn't gone to any theological school; he had heard the voice and started preaching.†  (source) Ernest J. Gaines, A Lesson Before Dying, 1993

To Him That Was Crucified My spirit to yours dear brother, Do not mind because many sounding your name do not understand you, I do not sound your name, but I understand you, I specify you with joy O my comrade to salute you, and to salute those who are with you, before and since, and those to come also, That we all labor together transmitting the same charge and succession, We few equals indifferent of lands, indifferent of times, We, enclosers of all continents, all castes, allowers of all theologies, Compassionaters, perceivers, rapport of men, We walk silent among disputes and assertions, but reject not the disputers nor any thing that is asserted, We hear the baw†  (source) Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1855

She was not theologically instructed enough to discern very clearly the relation between the sacred documents of the past which she opened without method, and her own obscure, simple life; but the spirit of rectitude, and the sense of responsibility for the effect of her conduct on others, which were strong elements in Nancy's character, had made it a habit with her to scrutinize her past feelings and actions with self-questioning solicitude.†  (source) George Eliot, Silas Marner, 1861

The theology she taught was unsophisticated, but it provided a message I needed to hear.†  (source) J. D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, 2016

A theological speculation presented itself.†  (source) William Golding, Lord of the Flies, 1954