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  • Essay / Theology Today - 1171

    Theology is the study of God and the first topic “Doing Theology in Our Context; sign of our times” made me discover the meaning of the study of theology and the importance of relating it to contemporary times and our own context to improve our understanding. Using the goals of our society around us, such as conflict, racism, violence and technology, which are presented to future generations who will eventually have the right to vote and be responsible for their well-being. We explored societal issues such as: addiction, social decline within religion, families and communities, to name a few. The concepts related to human emotions and nature were beauty, love and hope. The use of modernism and post-modernism in theology and its place in contemporary times. “Faith and revelation, in relation to our personal communication with God” is the meaning of personal experience and how it shapes our faith. The concepts introduced to me were primordial faith meaning strength or purpose and religious faith is something that deepens, expands and transforms a person's faith to the extent that it shapes the way they live and act. approach daily life. This has led to goals that block or enhance our personal communication with God, which impacts a person's faith. “The Mystery of God: Images and Divine Language” explores our image of God and how others see God, whether they feel fear, give a harsh image resulting from previous experience, or alienate people from the religion. However, if your image of God is compassionate and loving, it enhances an individual's image of God, because that is how we would like people to see God. Analyzing contemporary culture to represent an image of God involved analyzing Pink’s “God is a DJ.” We can relate this song to the 21st century generations because we live in a society where music has a prominent place and it is a great way to connect theology to contemporary times. My interpretation is that it is by choice how you see God and Pink's song is poetic in the sense that the DJ is God and the DJ manipulates/mixes the music as God can. Other key concepts explored were theism, when someone believes that God exists, and atheism, when someone believes that God does not exist. Agnosticism is a person who does not believe in God. However, she can accept reality if there is a God..