How to Use theology in a Sentence

theology

noun
  • The bishop was opposed to the group's theology.
  • He has an interest in theology and pastoral work.
  • The air had gone out of the theology, but the moral cushions could still be plumped up.
    — James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • As a teacher of theology, medicine, or law, she is not known.
    — Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In any case, there’s room for only one Coltrane in the theology of jazz.
    — Adam Shatz, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2016
  • That book took theology out of academia and placed it on the still-smoldering streets.
    — John Blake, CNN, 30 Apr. 2018
  • No one came here, really, for the açai bowls or theology lessons.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • None of that work requires a degree in theology.
    — Kelby Woodard, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Plus, you’ll be treated to some stellar theology jokes and a scorching first kiss.
    — Washington Post, 10 June 2021
  • And what happened when that was sort of pumped up with theology and people's devotion.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • At the head of the table, their parents held court on theology and politics.
    — Chloé Cooper Jones, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • So how does one go from studying theology to co-lining with Sara Bareilles?
    — Jennifer Heyde, Marie Claire, 27 Jan. 2014
  • And the text, of course, is one of the essentials of Jewish theology.
    — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2018
  • What does Latter-day Saint theology have to say about the issue?
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 June 2022
  • Not the mass consumerism, or the festivities, or the lights, or the presents, but theology.
    — David Harsanyi, National Review, 2 Dec. 2021
  • But the same critical spirit could be applied to their own corpus of theology and law.
    — The Economist, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Others were quick to teach the critics some theology and history lessons.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 20 June 2019
  • The 33-year-old theology professor called an Uber to take her home.
    — Kells McPhillips, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Atum is the sun god and the center of Heliopolitan theology and its creation myths.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2022
  • What drew you to make a film that takes us inside the world’s main center for Islamic theology for the first time?
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 May 2022
  • His theology drags metaphysics back into the moral arena.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 27 Mar. 2026
  • One brave man has even confessed to having been a monster to his wife while under the influence of that theology.
    — Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 4 May 2023
  • Did God just use my overdone party full of sparkles and royal icing to smack me with a little theology?
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, AL.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • If Jerry Lee Lewis had the theology right, the ol' boy is roasting in hell right now.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Well-meaning theology can wound.
    — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • And yet the Friend’s theology was heavy on judgment—and Judgment Day.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • There’s a lot of theology in it, actually.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • The walls of Daniel Savala’s home were lined with pictures from around the world and books on Christian theology.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2025
  • For many Shinto observers, showing up is the thing — and theology sometimes takes a back seat to practice.
    — oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2023
  • While the beliefs and theologies of various religions differ, all seem to share a sense of wonder about the solar eclipse.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024

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