different between theology vs theism

English

Etymology

From Middle English theologie, from Middle French theologie, from Old French theologie, from Latin theologia, from Koine Greek ???????? (theología), from ???????? (theológos, adjective), from ???? (theós) + ????? (lógos). Surface analysis is theo- +? -logy.

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?-?l'?-j?, IPA^(key): /?i.??.l?.d?i/
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

theology (usually uncountable, plural theologies)

1. (uncountable) The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general.
2. (countable) An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form.
3. (uncountable, computing, slang) Subjective marginal details.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:theology.

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References

• theology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• theology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “theology, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2015-03-19
• Walter W. Skeat, editor (1910) , “Theology”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new edition, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, OCLC 582746570, page 640.
• "theology" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

Anagrams

• ethology

English

Etymology 1

Coined, theo- +? -ism. ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (theós, “god”). Attested in English from 1678, theist being attested 16 years earlier in 1662. Cognate French théisme,, as in Diderot Principes de la philosophie morale (1745), which was probably borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?z?m/

Noun

theism (countable and uncountable, plural theisms)

1. Belief in the existence of at least one deity.
2. (strictly) Belief in the existence of a personal creator god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses present and active in the governance and organization of the world and the universe. The God may be known by or through revelation.
   • 1999, Jeaneane D. Fowler, Humanism: Beliefs & Practices, page 66

     The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses.

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• agnosticism
• deism
• divine
• pandeism

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Etymology 2

Borrowing from New Latin thea (“tea”, noun) + English -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti?z?m/

Noun

theism (uncountable) (pathology)

2. A morbid condition resulting from excessive consumption of tea.

Synonyms

• theaism
• theinism

Coordinate terms

• caffeinism

References

Anagrams

• Themis, Thiems, hemist, mithes