School:Theology

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Welcome to the School of Theology, part of Humanities!

"Truthfulness and rationality in religions are truths that can be substantiated by science or those that cannot be proven to be wrong." - Kurt Kawohl

The School of Theology is devoted to study of religion, spirituality, and deities. Participants in the Wikiversity School of Theology use rational analysis and argument to discuss, interpret, and teach on any of a myriad a religious topics.

Within Wikiversity, the School of Theology can be distinguished from the Division of Religious studies. The Wikiversity Division of Religious studies is for multi-disciplinary and secular study of religion. In contrast, studies within the School of Theology can be undertaken to help participants understand more truly one's own religious tradition or can be undertaken with the goal of preservation of religious traditions, reform of a particular tradition, or to apply the resources of a particular religious tradition to some present day problem, situation or need.

So... whether you are interested in Baha'i, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Urantia or any other doctrinal foundation, Wikiversity is your "soundboard" and "learning environment" to find others who think and believe as you do. If you wish to further your knowledge and practice to encompass a richer base for doing so, please, by all means, feel free. Wikiversity is a wiki.

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Contents 1 Structure 1.1 Faculty of Dominant Religions 1.2 Faculty of Historical Religions 1.3 Faculty of New Religions 1.4 Faculty of Old Religions 1.5 Faculty of Tribal Religions 1.6 Related Subjects 2 Learning resources 2.1 Wikisource 2.2 Wikibooks 2.3 Wikipedia 3 Active participants 4 School news 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Structure

Divisions and Departments of the School of Theology exist on pages in "topic" namespace. Start the name of departments with the "Topic:" prefix. Departments and divisions link to learning materials and learning projects. For more information on schools, divisions and departments, see Naming Conventions.

The divisions are listed in alphabetical order; not order of preference.

[edit] Faculty of Dominant Religions

Note: These are religions that have historically dominated, and do currently dominate, cultures and nations; have stamped a large footprint in the annals of history; and are at least a thousand years old. The variant traditions within these religions may be much newer and much less dominant.

• Division of Buddhist Studies
• Division of Christian Studies
  • Department of Biblical Studies — includes topics like Ancient Hebrew and the Book of Genesis and Hermeneutics
    • Center of Biblical Hermeneutics
    • Center of Biblical Languages
    • Center of Biblical Translation
    • Center of Biblical Survey
  • Department of Christian Apologetics — includes topics like a Defense of the Resurrection and Prophecies Fulfilled and the Inerrancy Project
  • Department of Historical Christian Theology — includes topics like the Ante-Nicene Fathers and the Nicene Creed and the Reformation
  • Department of Practical Christian Theology — includes topics like Preaching and Worship and Liturgy and Teaching Children
  • Department of Systematic Christian Theology — includes topics like the Trinity and Christology and Predestination and Divine Grace
  • Department of Traditional Christian Theology — includes topics that are relevant primarily to particular traditions
    • Center for Eastern Orthodox Studies — includes topics like Gregory Palamas and Theosis
    • Center for Roman Catholic Studies — includes topics like Pope Leo XIII and Thomism and Latin Rite Worship
    • Center for Reformational Studies — includes topics like Peter Waldo and Calvinism and the 1646 London Baptist Confession
    • Center for Restorational Studies — includes topics like Alexander Campbell and the Book of Mormon
• Division of Hindu Studies
• Division of Islamic Studies
  • The Institute for Islamic Research and Study
  • Department of Qur'anic Studies — includes topics like
• Division of Jewish Studies
  • Department of Tanakh Studies — includes topics like the Torah and the Nevi'im and the Ketuvim
  • Department of Talmudic Studies — includes topics like the Mishnah and the Gemara

[edit] Faculty of Historical Religions

Note: These are religions that are old.

• Division of Ancient Greek Religion Studies
• Division of Ancient Norse Religion Studies
• Division of Ancient Celtic Religion Studies
• Division of Gnostic Studies

[edit] Faculty of New Religions

Note: These are religions that have existed less than a thousand years.

• Division of Ayyavazhi Studies
• Division of Baha'i Studies
• Division of Discordian Studies
• Division of Scientology Studies
• Division of Thelemic Studies
• Division of Meher Baba Studies
• Division of Wiccan Studies
• Division of Theistic Satanism Studies

[edit] Faculty of Old Religions

Note: These are religions that are old, but do not dominate any particular culture or nation.

• Division of Zoroastrian Studies

[edit] Faculty of Tribal Religions

Note: These are religions that are old, but dominate only relatively small local cultures and groups.

• Division of Indigenous African Religion Studies

[edit] Related Subjects

• Division of Peace Studies
• Division of Religious Studies — the study of religion as a product of society
• Department of Comparative Religion

[edit] Learning resources

• Ásatrú
• Ayyavazhi
• Bahá'í Faith
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Christian Theology
• Taoism
• Hinduism
• Yoga
• Dodekatheon
• Islam
• Jainism
• Judaism
• Sikhism
• Urantia Book
• Zoroastrianism

Mysticism:

• Esoteric Buddhism
• Gnosticism
• Kabbalah
• Sufism
• ...

[edit] Wikisource

• The Bible - several complete versions (KJV, ASE, WEB, ...) of the whole text and another under development
• The Holy Qur'an - central religious text of Islam
• The Bhagavad Gita - as it is
• A Course In Miracles - by Helen Schucman
• Tao Te Ching - key to Taoism (or Daoism)
• The Urantia Book - the complete public domain text
• The Book of the Law - The central text of Thelema
• ...many more Ancient and Classical texts at Wikisource...

[edit] Wikibooks

Wikibooks:Humanities bookshelf

[edit] Wikipedia

• Portal:Religion - (what's the difference?)

[edit] Active participants

The histories of Wikiversity pages indicate who the active participants are. If you are an active participant in this school, you can list your name here (this can help small schools grow and the participants communicate better; for large schools it is not needed).

1. Hoopydink 12:13, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
2. davymast
3. JRasmussen
4. Paul Danon
5. StephenDeloney 20:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
6. Dionysios ^(talk), founder of the former Department of Orthodox Christian Studies, now reorganized as the Center for Eastern Orthodox Studies, Date: 2007-10-28 (October 28, 2007) Time: 1920 UTC
7. CQ (talk | email | contribs | stats)
8. Laleena (talk | email | contribs | stats)
9. Sjohnson 16:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
10. AlistairReece 14:51, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
11. Chocoman 13:38, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
12. Guðsþegn 00:37, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
13. muzammilpalla
14. promulgation December 2007
15. Christve
16. Magosgruss 20:33, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] School news

• June 17, 2004 - School founded!

[edit] See also

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[edit] External links

• 'University of Oxford researchers will spend nearly $4 million to study why mankind embraces God'
• (May 2008) I believe... God is a Man