theology

Japanese: theology
theology

...the study of the faith and doctrine of individual theistic religions from their own perspective. In Japanese, it referred to the study of divine scriptures and Shinto, but nowadays it is used as a translation of the English word "theology" and mainly refers to Christian theology. Theology (German Theologie, French théologie) comes from the Greek word theologia, which originally meant logos (speech, teaching, explanation) about theos (God).

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "theology" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…有神論をとる個別宗教の信仰や教義をその立場で研究する学問。日本語では神典,神道を研究する学問をさしたが,現在では英語theologyの訳語として主としてキリスト教神学をさして用いられる。theology(ドイツ語Theologie,フランス語théologie)はギリシア語のテオスtheos(神)についてのロゴスlogos(言論,教え,説明)を原義とするテオロギアtheologiaに由来する。…

※「theology」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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