new theology

noun

1. a movement away from orthodox or fundamentalist theological thought, originating in the late 19th century and aimed at reconciling modern concepts and discoveries in science and philosophy with theology.

Example Sentences

Kepler: ‘Every year, especially since 1563, the number of writings published in every field is greater than all those produced in the past thousand years. Through them there has today been created a new theology and a new jurisprudence; the Paracelsians have created medicine anew and the Copernicans have created astronomy anew. I really believe that at last the world is alive, indeed seething, and that the stimuli of these remarkable conjunctions did not act in vain.’

From Literature

Prof Moss is part of a group of academics who are carving out a new "theology of disability".

From BBC

In a historical stroke with resonance today, American Jewish leaders gathered in Pittsburgh in 1885 to produce what is known as the Pittsburgh Platform, a new theology for an American Judaism, less focused on a Messianic return to the land of Israel and more on fixing a broken world, the concept of Tikkun Olam.

From New York Times

America's children are currently being indoctrinated in this new theology to the point where many are coming to see free speech as an obstacle in their quest for a perfect society; if this doesn't count as consequential, then it is hard to see what would.

From New York Times

Luther proclaimed a radical new theology: salvation by faith alone, the priesthood of all believers, the ultimate authority not of the Church, but of the Bible.

From Nature