theologian

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.

Observed surface forms (61)

• Christian theologian ×73
• Reformed theologian ×14
• biblical scholar ×14
• Christian philosopher ×10
• Catholic theologian ×7
• Jewish philosopher ×7
• Jewish theologian ×7
• biblical commentator ×7
• Christian apologist ×6
• religious writer ×6

• Islamic philosopher ×5
• spiritual writer ×5
• English theologian ×4
• medieval Jewish scholar ×4
• Byzantine theologian ×3
• Calvinist theologian ×3
• Christian author ×3
• Islamic theologian ×3
• Muslim theologian ×3
• church historian ×3
• religious studies scholar ×3
• scholastic philosopher ×3
• American theologian ×2
• Bible commentator ×2
• Buddhist scholar ×2
• Byzantine monk ×2
• Lutheran theologian ×2
• Protestant theologian ×2
• Syriac Christian writer ×2
• apologist ×2
• evangelical theologian ×2
• philosopher of religion ×2
• religious philosopher ×2
• religious scholar ×2
• 9th-century Christian theologian ×1
• Advaita Vedanta philosopher ×1
• Argentine theologian ×1
• Bible expositor ×1
• Byzantine philosopher ×1
• Christian historian ×1
• Dutch Reformed theologian ×1
• German theologian ×1
• Hesychast theologian ×1
• Islamic jurist ×1
• Jewish thinker ×1
• Latin Church theologian ×1
• Philokalic author ×1
• Vedanta philosopher ×1
• ascetical theologian ×1
• biblical theologian ×1
• early Christian theologian ×1
• early Christian writer ×1
• feminist theologian ×1
• homilist ×1
• medieval theologian ×1
• modalist theologian ×1
• mystical theologian ×1
• patristic author ×1
• patristic writer ×1
• rationalist theologian ×1
• scholar of comparative religion ×1

Instances (274)

• Abhinavagupta
• Nachmanides (Ramban) via concept surface "biblical commentator"
  surface form: Nachmanides
• Ælfric of Eynsham via concept surface "homilist"
• Abraham Abulafia via concept surface "religious writer"
• Moshe Cordovero via concept surface "Jewish philosopher"
• Evagrius Ponticus
• Philip Melanchthon
• Friedrich Schleiermacher
• St. Maximus the Confessor via concept surface "Christian theologian"
  surface form: Maximus the Confessor
• St. John Climacus
• Rumi
• Joseph Priestley
• Thomas Hooker
• St. Isaac the Syrian
• Jacobus Arminius
• St. Symeon the New Theologian via concept surface "Byzantine monk"
  surface form: Symeon the New Theologian
• William Laud via concept surface "English theologian"
• Arius
• St. Gregory Palamas via concept surface "Byzantine theologian"
  surface form: Gregory Palamas
• St. Mark the Ascetic via concept surface "Christian theologian"
• St. Hesychios the Priest via concept surface "Christian theologian"
• St. Theophan the Recluse via concept surface "Christian theologian"
• Kallistos Ware
• Diego Laínez
• Alfonso Salmerón
• Augustine of Hippo via concept surface "Christian theologian"
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
• Saint Cyril via concept surface "Christian theologian"
• Philo of Alexandria via concept surface "biblical commentator"
• John Wesley
• Noetus of Smyrna via concept surface "Christian theologian"
• Saint Methodius via concept surface "9th-century Christian theologian"
• Richard Price
• al‑Ghazali via concept surface "Islamic theologian"
  surface form: Al-Ghazali
• Carl F. H. Henry
• John Stott
• Saint Benedict of Nursia
• Ibn Arabi via concept surface "Islamic philosopher"
• al‑Junayd via concept surface "Muslim theologian"
  surface form: al-Junayd
• Bartholomew I of Constantinople via concept surface "Christian theologian"
• Aisha bint Abi Bakr via concept surface "Islamic jurist"
• Martyn Lloyd-Jones via concept surface "Reformed theologian"
• Francis Schaeffer via concept surface "evangelical theologian"
• Søren Kierkegaard
• Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani via concept surface "Muslim theologian"
  surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
• Karen Armstrong via concept surface "religious scholar"
• Pope Damasus I via concept surface "Christian theologian"
• Mary Baker Eddy via concept surface "Christian theologian"
• Praxeas via concept surface "early Christian theologian"
• Peter Faber