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apologetics
MEANING: the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines
Hypernym Tree (apologetics is a type of)
theology, divinity -- (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
discipline, subject, subject_area, subject_field, field, field_of_study, study, bailiwick, branch_of_knowledge -- (a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
knowledge_domain, knowledge_base -- (the content of a particular domain or field of knowledge
content, cognitive_content, mental_object -- (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
cognition, knowledge, noesis -- (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
psychological_feature -- (a feature of the mental life of a living organism
Also See
angelology -- (the branch of theology that is concerned with angels
apologetics -- (the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines
ecclesiology -- (the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church
eschatology -- (the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and judgment; heaven and hell; the end of the world
hermeneutics -- (the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis
homiletics -- (the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies
liturgics, liturgiology -- (the study of liturgies
theodicy -- (the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil
