Theology and Sociology

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Theology is the attempt to understand the nature of the Divine. That seems to be the chief way to determining why people hold particular religious beliefs.

Hmm, I’ve not thought of Theology this way. Let me ‘talk’ it out?

I’ll use the simplistic example I gave earlier, deducing that God was outside and different from the universe, and therefore spirit. Coming up with that deduction is practicing Theology.

Then, by looking at the reasoning that people have for that deduction, we can see why they believe that. Is that what you mean?

If so, then I agree.

Fair as far as it goes, but limited. There are plenty of theological views which hold that god(s) are not ‘outside and different from the universe’ but are immanently part and parcel of the universe.

The grand thing about any theology is that it doesn’t have to be true, just consistent.

Boru