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theology

Study of God or gods, either by reasoned deduction from the natural world (natural theology) or through divine revelation (revealed theology), as in the scriptures of Christianity, Islam, or other religions.

Other branches of theology include comparative religion (the study of the similarities and differences between faiths) and eschatology (the study of the hypothetical end of the world and afterlife).

Theological attitudes towards other faiths range from exclusivism (that one's own religion is correct and all the others wrong) to the more modern dialogue theology (promoting awareness of other religions) and relativism (arguing that different religions are separate paths to a similar goal).

Essential to theology is exegesis, the critical study of the particular religion's scriptures. From this follows historical theology, the study of the evolution of doctrine.



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