Age of reason Quote by Thomas Paine

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on…

— Thomas Paine

“The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no…

— Thomas Paine

“theology is not the study of ideas about God; it is the study of the living God.”

— Michael F. Bird

Theology is a subject without an object

— Dan Barker

Theology is that discipline whereby we stop talking nonsense about God.

— Herbert McCabe

Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God.

— William Ames

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“If you don’t know the difference between theology and religious studies, then you’re a theologian.”

— Brian Bocking

Theology is not what we know about God, but what we do not know about Nature.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

There is no philosophy that is not to some extent also theology.

— Karl Barth

Either theology is pure nonsense, a subject with no content, or else theology must ultimately become a branch of physics.

— Frank Tipler

Academic theology is false.

— Alexander Schmemann