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 |
|---|---|
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Cornaro Piscopia
surface form:
Elena Cornaro Piscopia
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— |
| Domingo de Soto | — |
| William F. Albright | biblical scholar |
| Christoph Körner | Lutheran theologian |
| Abraham Joshua Heschel | Jewish theologian |
| Luis de Molina | — |
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Baader
surface form:
Franz Xaver von Baader
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— |
| Meir of Rothenburg | medieval Jewish scholar |
| Albert Schweitzer | — |
| Eutychius of Constantinople | Christian theologian |
| Alastair Redfern | — |
| Rabbeinu Asher | medieval Jewish scholar |
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Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński
surface form:
Stefan Wyszyński
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— |
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Sadr al-Din
surface form:
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi
|
Islamic philosopher |
| Fakhr al-Din Iraqi | Islamic philosopher |
| Yosef Albo | Jewish philosopher |
| Yechiel ben Asher | medieval Jewish scholar |
| Alois Musil | — |
| Theodore of Mopsuestia | Christian theologian |
| Yusuf al-Qaradawi | — |
| Dan Boone | Christian theologian |
| Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri | Islamic jurist |
| Alessandro Valignano | Christian theologian |
| Nathamuni | religious philosopher |
|
ibn Idris
surface form:
Al-Shafi'i
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Islamic jurist |
| Yamunacharya | Vedanta philosopher |
| Melchor Cano | — |
| Ralph Cudworth | — |
| Joseph Butler | — |
| William Paley | Christian apologist |
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Cardinal Hyacinthe-Sigismond Gerdil
surface form:
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Gerdil
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— |
| Thomas Chalmers | — |
| Robert Smith Candlish | — |
| Vedanta Desika | — |
| Domingo Báñez | Catholic theologian |
| Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani | Islamic jurist |
| Pierre Maurice de Montboissier | — |
| Zayd ibn Thabit | Islamic jurist |
| N. T. Wright | biblical scholar |
| James Innell Packer | — |
| Bernardino degli Albizzeschi | Christian theologian |
| Richard Kearney | — |
| A. Eustace Haydon | philosopher of religion |
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Ellacuría
surface form:
Ignacio Ellacuría
|
— |
| Yijing | Buddhist scholar |
| Muhammad ibn Abd al-Haqq ibn Sabin | Islamic philosopher |
| Emanuel Swedberg | — |
|
De tempore
surface form:
Edmund of Abingdon
|
medieval theologian |
| Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi | religious writer |
| Al-Subki | — |