theologian
C771
concept
A theologian is a scholar who systematically studies, interprets, and critiques religious beliefs, doctrines, and practices within a particular faith tradition or across multiple traditions.
All labels observed (84)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| theologian canonical | 838 |
| Christian theologian | 251 |
| biblical scholar | 113 |
| Catholic theologian | 69 |
| Islamic jurist | 54 |
| religious writer | 49 |
| Reformed theologian | 45 |
| Lutheran theologian | 43 |
| Islamic theologian | 36 |
| Muslim theologian | 34 |
| Jewish philosopher | 32 |
| Christian apologist | 28 |
| Christian author | 27 |
| Buddhist scholar | 26 |
| medieval Jewish scholar | 26 |
| Islamic philosopher | 25 |
| Protestant theologian | 22 |
| biblical commentator | 21 |
| Christian philosopher | 19 |
| scholastic philosopher | 19 |
| religious scholar | 17 |
| Jewish theologian | 15 |
| religious studies scholar | 14 |
| church historian | 13 |
| Byzantine monk | 12 |
| medieval theologian | 12 |
| Byzantine theologian | 11 |
| English theologian | 10 |
| Vedanta philosopher | 10 |
| evangelical theologian | 10 |
| spiritual writer | 10 |
| Dutch Reformed theologian | 9 |
| religious philosopher | 9 |
| American theologian | 8 |
| Calvinist theologian | 8 |
| philosopher of religion | 8 |
| Byzantine philosopher | 6 |
| German theologian | 6 |
| apologist | 5 |
| early Christian writer | 5 |
| Advaita Vedanta philosopher | 4 |
| early Christian theologian | 4 |
| feminist theologian | 4 |
| religious thinker | 4 |
| Christian historian | 3 |
| Syriac Christian writer | 3 |
| homilist | 3 |
| moral theologian | 3 |
| religion scholar | 3 |
| scholar of religion | 3 |
| 20th-century theologian | 2 |
| Bible commentator | 2 |
| Jewish thinker | 2 |
| Pelagian theologian | 2 |
| comparative religion scholar | 2 |
| liturgical scholar | 2 |
| patristics scholar | 2 |
| systematic theologian | 2 |
| 9th-century Christian theologian | 1 |
| American Christian theologian | 1 |
| Argentine theologian | 1 |
| Bible expositor | 1 |
| Christian scholar | 1 |
| Czech theologian | 1 |
| Hesychast theologian | 1 |
| Latin Church theologian | 1 |
| Philokalic author | 1 |
| ascetical theologian | 1 |
| biblical theologian | 1 |
| eco-theologian | 1 |
| lay theologian | 1 |
| liturgy scholar | 1 |
| modalist theologian | 1 |
| mystical theologian | 1 |
| pastoral theologian | 1 |
| patristic author | 1 |
| patristic writer | 1 |
| political theologian | 1 |
| process theologian | 1 |
| public theologian | 1 |
| rationalist theologian | 1 |
| scholar of comparative religion | 1 |
| scholar of science and religion | 1 |
| متفکر دینی | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: theologian
Generated description
A theologian is a scholar who systematically studies, interprets, and critiques religious beliefs, doctrines, and practices within a particular faith tradition or across multiple traditions.
Instances (1,662)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Patriarch Pavle | — |
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Sheikh Bedreddin as a revolutionary mystic
surface form:
Sheikh Bedreddin
|
Islamic jurist |
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
surface form:
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
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Jewish theologian |
| Ismar Schorsch | — |
| Al-Tabari | — |
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Archbishop William Newcome
surface form:
William Newcome
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biblical scholar |
| Jetsun Kunga Drolchok | Buddhist scholar |
| Isaac da Costa | — |
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Rabbi Moshe Sofer
surface form:
Moshe Sofer
|
Jewish theologian |
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Griva
surface form:
Abraham Isaac Kook
|
Jewish philosopher |
| Marcellus of Ancyra | — |
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Jowett
surface form:
Benjamin Jowett
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— |
| Cardinal Manning | — |
| Gerald Heard | comparative religion scholar |
| R. H. Hutton | — |
| Tommaso Maria Zigliara | — |
| Sheikh Bedreddin | — |
| Rav Yehudai Gaon | medieval Jewish scholar |
| al-Qasim al-Rassi | — |
| al-Mawwāq | Islamic jurist |
| Sachen Kunga Nyingpo | Buddhist scholar |
| Baha al-Din al-Amili | — |
| Vimalamitra | Buddhist scholar |
| Morna Dorothy Hooker | biblical scholar |
| W. G. Ward | — |
| Robert Barron | — |
| Johann Apel | — |
| Finnian of Clonard | early Christian theologian |
| Ran | medieval Jewish scholar |
| Lothar of Segni | — |
| Saint Bernard of Clairvaux | — |
| Lancelot Andrewes | — |
| Casiodoro de Reina | — |
| Jürgen Moltmann | — |
| John Zizioulas | Christian theologian |
| Stanley Grenz | evangelical theologian |
| Richard Swinburne | philosopher of religion |
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Azpilicueta
surface form:
Martín de Azpilcueta
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— |
| Miroslav Volf | — |
| Cornelius Plantinga Jr. | — |
| Hieronymus | Christian theologian |
| Archbishop Anastasios | Christian theologian |
| Desmond Tutu | Christian theologian |
| Vallabhacharya | Vedanta philosopher |
| Nimbarkacharya | — |
| Anastasios of Albania | Christian theologian |
| Constantin von Tischendorf | biblical scholar |
| Theodore Beza | Reformed theologian |
| Nasir al-Din al-Tusi | — |
| Ibn al-Jawzi | — |