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 |
|---|---|
| Alexander Jones | biblical scholar |
| Marin Mersenne | — |
| Abu Hanifa | Islamic theologian |
| Edward Irving | Christian theologian |
| Abu Nasr al-Sarraj | Muslim theologian |
| al-Qushayri | Islamic theologian |
| Basil the Elder | lay theologian |
| Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus | Christian theologian |
| St. Augustine | Christian theologian |
|
al-Insaf by al-Mardawi
surface form:
Ala’ al-Din Ali ibn Sulayman al-Mardawi
|
Islamic jurist |
| Robertus Stephanus | biblical scholar |
| Abu Yusuf | Islamic jurist |
| Maiolus of Cluny | medieval theologian |
| William Perkins | English theologian |
| John Chrysostom | Christian theologian |
|
Schaeffer
surface form:
Francis Schaeffer
|
— |
| Nancy Pearcey | Christian apologist |
| Ebenezer Gay | Christian theologian |
| Barlaam of Calabria | Christian theologian |
| Edith Schaeffer | Christian author |
|
Collège de Genève
surface form:
Theodore de Bèze
|
— |
| Muhammad al-Shaybani | Islamic jurist |
| Odilo of Cluny | medieval theologian |
| Mulla Sadra | Islamic philosopher |
| Ibn Ezra | medieval Jewish scholar |
|
Cardinal Robert Bellarmine
surface form:
Robert Bellarmine
|
— |
|
Robert Stephens
surface form:
Robert Estienne
|
biblical scholar |
| Emanuel Swedenborg | — |
| John Fletcher Hurst | — |
| G. K. Chesterton | Christian apologist |
| Ja'far al-Sadiq | Islamic jurist |
| Talal Asad | scholar of religion |
| John Piper | Christian theologian |
| William Ames | — |
| Basil of Caesarea | Christian theologian |
| Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl | Islamic jurist |
| Sahnun | Islamic jurist |
| Joseph Albo | Jewish philosopher |
| William Allen | — |
| Gottfried Arnold | — |
| Jacob ben Asher | medieval Jewish scholar |
| Radwan Hussainy | religious scholar |
| Peter the Venerable | — |
| J. I. Packer | — |
| Roger Bacon | — |
| Edward Beecher | — |
| Elena Cornaro Piscopia | — |
| Ignacio Ellacuría | — |
| Isaac Newton | — |
| Pope Innocent III | Catholic theologian |