dialectical theology
noun
Definition of dialectical theology
: neoorthodoxy especially as holding against rationalism that one's attempts to know God by one's own reasoning reach contradictory conclusions and must give way to a faith that awaits God's word
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First Known Use of dialectical theology
1925
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