Examples of theologian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At the start of the Cold War, American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr addressed critics of his magazine, Christianity and Crisis, who faulted him for taking a hard line against Joseph Stalin’s Russia. — Joseph Loconte, National Review, 1 May 2022 Like his fundamentalist forebears, conservative evangelical Baptist theologian Carl F.H. Henry argued in 1976 that all Christian doctrine can be rationally explained and can persuade any nonbeliever. — Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2022 Her exhibit included a diorama that featured the home of Shubael Conant, a wealthy Yale theologian who owned Titus’ parents, Tubijah and Pegg, when he was born. — Melanie Savage, courant.com, 25 Mar. 2022 But beyond her critical analysis of pivotal pop-culture moments, Benbow is a theologian with degrees from Tennessee State University, North Carolina Central University, and Duke Divinity School. — Glamour, 19 Jan. 2022 In 1979, fourteen months after the election of Pope John Paul II, the Vatican withdrew Küng’s license to teach as a Catholic theologian; three years later, Ratzinger took the Vatican’s top doctrinal job. — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2022 In 1986, the late South African Anglican bishop and theologian Desmond Tutu kicked off a U.S. tour at the church preaching against apartheid. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 19 Feb. 2022 The rumors began on Dec. 26, when The Times UK published an interview with the Rev. Andrew Davison, a Cambridge University theologian and biologist who participated in the research program from 2016-17. — Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2022 In The Spirit, Novak noted that the French theologian, Jacques Maritain, had written about the American economy’s underlying spirit in his 1958 book, Reflections on America. — Samuel Gregg, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022 See More

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