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In Christianity, theology is divided into several subdisciplines:
*theology proper - God, his attributes and his nature
Theology is divided into several subdisciplines:
*theology proper - God, his attributes, nature, and relation to humanity.
*theodicy - Attempts at reconciling the existence of all the evil and suffering in the world with the assumption that God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent.
*eschatology - literally, the study of the 'end of days'. Covers subjects such as death and the afterlife, the end of history, reincarnation, the end of the world, the last judgment, etc.
*anthropology - nature of man

In Christianity all of the above subjects are covered, as well as these:

Removed: 8,9d12
*theodicy - the study of the apparent silence of God towards human suffering
*eschatology - the end of the world, the last judgment, etc.

Removed: 14d16
*anthropology - nature of man

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