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Historically and methodologically, AT is both a way of approaching theological works as well as a sociological or historical shift in academic theology.AT can be identified by its analytic method; [1] its focus on a wider range of theological topics than the philosophy of religion; and an engagement with the wider analytic philosophical or theological literature for concepts.
Within Christianity, different traditions (both intellectual and ecclesial) approach systematic theology in different ways impacting a) the method employed to develop the system, b) the understanding of theology's task, c) the doctrines included in the system, and d) the order those doctrines appear.
Journal for Christian Theological Research: 1087-1624 JCTR 1996–present Christian Theological Research Fellowship, American Academy of Religion Systematic Theology Group Azusa, California: United States Journal of Contemporary Religion: 1353-7903 (print) or 1469-9419 (online) J. Contemp. Relig. 1985–present
Spiritual theology—studying theology as a means to orthopraxy; scripture and tradition are both used as guides for spiritual growth and discipline. Systematic theology (doctrinal theology, dogmatic theology or philosophical theology)—focused on the attempt to arrange and interpret the ideas current in the religion. This is also associated ...
Constructive theology tends to be interdisciplinary, imaginative, open-ended, public facing, lay-led, and practical. [2] The term constructive theology has been in use mostly since the 1980s. [3] Constructive Theology is also the title of a journal on the subject. A Bloomsbury book series on constructive theology, titled Rethinking Theologies ...
Practical theology is an academic discipline that examines and reflects on religious practices in order to understand the theology enacted in those practices and in order to consider how theological theory and theological practices can be more fully aligned, changed, or improved. Practical theology has often sought to address a perceived ...
Many practice the historical-grammatical method using the inductive method, a general three-fold approach to the text: observation, interpretation, and application. [14] [15] Each step builds upon the other, which follows in order. The first step of observation involves an examination of words, structure, structural relationships and literary ...
Christian theological hermeneutics dates from Philo and Origen, [3] and Reformers like Martin Luther using the distinction between the Law and the Gospel [4] and John Calvin using the ideal of brevitas et facilitas [5] [6] It often has a strong connection to biblical hermeneutics, studying the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible as a basis for theologizing.