How to Use theological in a Sentence

theological

adjective
  • Mason doesn’t think the church has to be in such a theological bind.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
  • So much of the theological parsing may be left up to the jury.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 10 Oct. 2022
  • In theological terms, that might be true.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
  • Eighty percent of the people would throw these theological thugs out.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 17 June 2025
  • There is evil in the theological sense; there is evil in the quotidian sense.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2019
  • What would both faith leaders like to see come of these theological dialogues?
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2020
  • But the book’s chief interest now stems from its own theological muddle.
    — Louis Bayard, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The parchment on which the poem was written was cut up and reused as binding in a Latin theological text.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Aug. 2019
  • This lurid language is a cousin to the theological zealotry that inspires radicals to lash out against writers.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022
  • For the most part, these were not ministers with formal theological training.
    — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • Smith does not think of the shootings in Las Vegas only in theological terms.
    — Daniel Burke, CNN, 8 Oct. 2017
  • Garza said that there is theological support for the idea of staying away from churches during a pandemic.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2020
  • As a theological problem, this one has nearly broken the Church.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Tolstoy’s theological view is a typical one; God is that which is without scale.
    — B. R. Cohen, Longreads, 13 Jan. 2026
  • This is also true in the Christian world, where the impulse to use your hands has a distinct theological flavor to it.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The thirty-page note is less a theological treatise than an ethical report.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Yet even in his own time, Newton had good reason to keep most of his theological writings unpublished.
    — David Davis, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Not all Christians agree with the theological views of Vought and his defenders.
    — Ramesh Ponnuru, The Denver Post, 13 June 2017
  • This is a parish with a very wide range of theological views and political views, but everybody gets along here, which is a rare thing in today’s world.
    — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2019
  • As the theological interpretation of Columbine has shown, the line between the two can be very thin.
    — Peter Manseau, The New Republic, 5 June 2020
  • Playing them tends to raise the sorts of questions that have long been taken up by theological and tragic literature.
    — Meghan O'Gieblyn, Wired, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Everything from a major shift in theological belief to a disavowal of it as a whole has been cited as a reason.
    — Essence, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The Advent was not asked to do anything to endorse or sponsor a theological viewpoint.
    — al, 11 Dec. 2021
  • That is not an abstract theological question.
    — Martin Whittaker, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • The film is filled with theological arguments that, while accepted by many Catholics, are fair grounds for debate.
    — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022
  • But things quickly take a turn as Reed engages the girls in theological debates while the lights go out, and the front door locks and refuses to budge.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Not to get too theological, but how similar in your view are the stories of Satan and Judas?
    — Will Nevin, AL.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The milieus of the stories vary, but the mood threading them together is one of confession, sometimes in the theological sense.
    — The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • Without the well or ill-intentioned guide of theological doctrine, everything stands poised to become a metaphor.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But the papacy, and the meaning of the keys, changed through the centuries as the church’s political and theological might shifted.
    — Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 8 May 2025

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