Theology – study of God
Theos (God) Logos (Study)
Difference
God – our God god – deities
Origin:
Late Middle English (originally applying
only to Christianity):
From French theologie; from Latin theologia,
from Greek, from theos ‘ God’ + logia (see-
logy)
THEOS – greek for God and ology which
from Greek
LOGOS – word
THEOLOGY (WEBSTER DICTIONARY)
-the science of God or of religion
-the science w/c treats of the existence,
character and attributes of God, His laws and
government, the doctrines we are to believe
and the duties we are to practice, the science
of Christian faith and life.
THEOLOGY:
(Saint Augustine)
-“rational discussion respecting the deities”
(A.H. Strong)
-“the science of God and of the relations
The great 80th century between God and the
universe”
(Charles Ryrie)
-“Thinking about God and expressing those
thoughts in some ways”
GOAL:
-Nourish our path in God that lead us to a
deeper relations with God
Note: “Everything will change but God will
never change”
What motivates you to go to school
Parents (Allowance) God
Goal Weaknesses
(Action) (Don’t believe/ judges)
*self growth
*love ones
*for the good of society
Our motivations – our signs that we are all
still on our way in the journey of life. We are
all Homo Viator – human beings still on the
way, “pilgrims’ journeying through this
world to the heavenly city
FORGET MILLENIALS: It’s all about Gen2
 Anyone born after 1995
 Describe as conscientious
hardworking and mindful of the
future
 First true digital natives
WHAT SHOULD EMPLOYEES KNOW
ABOUT GEN2?
AGE OF INDEFFERENCE – a time where
change is constant
CYNISM – distrustful of human sincerity or
integrity and always doubting that something
will happen
SKEPTICISM – means having reservations.
Someone who is skeptical will not easily be
convinced, will be hard to persuade
“God is dead. God remains dead and we have
killed Him. There has never been a greater
deed; and whosoever shall be born after us –
for the sake of this deed he shall be part of a TIME – is truth dead?
higher history than all history hitherto”
-Friedrich Nietzsche POST – TRUTH

07-05-19  Relating to or denoting circumstances

I will only believe In the Christian Redeemer is which objectives facts are less
if the Christian themselves look more influential in shaping public opinion
redeemed than appeals to emotion and personal
-Nietzsche belief.

Facts – Feeling 2016 – “POST-TRUTH” -> the word of the

year
Pluralism – a condition or system in which
two or more states, groups, principles, Feelings have replaced facts
sources of authority etc. coexist

 System that recognizes more than one Road closed Do not enter Detour to post-truth
ultimate principle
 Truth is relative to the interpreter. Truth ahead
Anything can be truth which leads
many to argue that nothing is true.
 There is BROKENNESS within
people and among people. This is
found most evidently in the growing
of INDIVIDUALISM AND
EXCLUSIVISM that has poisoned
our society

ILLUSTRATION

POST – TRUTH

Brokenness

Individualism Exclusivism
-Being selfish and -setting standards in
thinking of yourself order to belong to
only the group

THE STING OF INDIVIDUALISM AND

EXCLUSIVISM
The value of person is identified by how
much they own, how much power they
wield and how much influence they can
muster

Jonghyun- famous kpop during the time
TEMPTATION OF JESUS
-POSSESSIONS
-POWER
-FAME
Anthony Bourdain – the most famous chief
Kate Spade – owner of famous handbag /
died committed suicide, got depressed
MATTHEW 4: 1-11
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the
wilderness
Success is not Happiness
-happiness is a
choice to make
Power = -asking if I am good enough
Influence
EXCESSIVE INDIVIDUALISM –> means
I, myself all matters
-can give rise to alienation, lovelessness,
unhappiness and an inability to maintain
relationships.
- United States
Matthew 4:1-11
-Then Jesus was led up by the spirit into the
wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And he
fasted forty days and forty nights, and
afterward he was hungry. And the tempter
came and said to him, “if you are the son of
God, (turn) command these stones to become
loaves of bread.” But he answered It is
written Man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every word that proceeds from the mouth
of God” Then the devil took him to the holy
city, and set him on the pinacle of the temple,
and said to him. If you are the son of God,
throw yourself down, for it is written, He will
give his angels charge of you, and, on their
hands they will bear you up, Let you strike
your foot against a stone. Jesus said to him
“again it is written, you shall not tempt the
Lord your God. Again, the devil took him to
a very high mountain, and showed him all the
kingdoms of the world and glory of them, and
he said to him, all these I will give you, if you
will fall down and worship me, Then Jesus
said to him, be gone Satan, for it is written,
You shall worship the Lord your God and
him only you serve. Then the devil left him,
and behold angels came and ministered to
him.
 The rise of the POST-TRUTH era is
just one of the many signs of the
current brokenness persuading the
world and the Philippines of today.
Age of individualism is an age of insecurity
-accept that you are good
result of two much of myself
but also someone push you to
do it
*Accept yourself
-to make yourself complete again you need
other people to help you and vice versa
Hedonistic Escapism- to much individualism
and exclusivism
Both individualism and exclusivism are signs
of the trend for more privatistic tendencies
than can become hindrances to an authentic
search for meaning and purpose in the world.
Life is more than just about oneself
There is a need for attention both to the
“other” referring to other people and other
created reality in the world, as well as the
absolutely “other” which Christians refer to
as God
 SELF = OTHERS
“Domine Iesu, noverim me, noverim te”
-O God, let me know myself, so I may know
you
- St. Augustine
Augustine suggest that an engagement and
encounter with God will reveal one’s
authentic self, and in similar manner
introspection and self understanding will be
an avenue to witness the preserve of the
divine in our lives.
As I see it, we shall never succeed in knowing
ourselves unless we seek to know God; let us
think of His greatness by looking at HIS
PURITY we shall see our HUMILITY, we
shall see how far we are from being humble.
-St. Teresa of Axila
As long as faith gives me strength I will
always be joyful
-BL. Pier Giorgio Frassati
I will spend my Heaven doing good on Earth.
-St. Therese of the child Jesus
THEOLOGY -> is actually the search for
meaning
->an endeavor for all people
Youth as an essential audience of theology
Youth is a time of great self-discovery and
self-concern
-young people are still at the point in their
lives where they are trying to make sense of
their identity, their relationship, and also with
the world of God.
Technologically literate and socially
empowered generation ever
Exposed to global culture rather than just a
national and regional culture, and therefore,
they become more in tune with the problems
and concerns of other people, despite cultural
geographic and national borders.
Example
*bombing in Syria
Born from a blended and complicated family.
There is a rise of social media activism and
social justice blogging
Empathy amongst young people and an
awareness of social issues and concerns
What the youth take in now, ideology-wise,
is determined by what they see, hear, read,
watch and surf.
-Albert Nolan
Albert Nolan speaks of the youth “fascination
with vampires, aliens and magic, with the
occult, the supernatural and the
preternatural.”
A sign that a youth are moving away from
horizons originally satisfied by faith,
particularly Christianity
At the heart of the matter, the youth are
searching for meaning because for them the
trust in what religion once offered has died.
 Unreliable witnesses -> we often
judge someone base on their
appearance
 Boring Liturgical Celebrations ->
But it does not mean that their search for
meaning has ceased. Rather they are now
searching for that meaning elsewhere, when
it is most accessible, most interesting, most
fantastic and most gratifying.
Provides us young people in our present
situation with four essential things
->a unified and coherent vision of the world,
history and reality.
->a definite goal to work for, live for and die
for.
->a call to all people for a common fraternity,
and
->a sense of commitment and a mission to
spread the good news that there is hope for
that there is hope for the hopeless.
know of this reality we dwell in. But as Saint
Augustine explained: “the first step in the
search for truth is humility.” Theology is a
quest of humble understanding.
HUMILITY
“True humility is not thinking less of
yourself; it is thinking of yourself less”
Humility disappears because we are so
focused on ourselves that we forget to think
about others. We forget that we are as
imperfect as everyone around us,

 Direction, commitment, call – there

are all within the vision of the
Christian faith

Why do the youth still search elsewhere,

when they are searching for is already found
within the Christian vision?
 DIRECTION
 COMMITMENT
 CALL

SYNTHESIS
The world is immersed in the mystery of God.
Every search for meaning, truth, clarity and
depth today is in its own way a part of the
human being’s quest to engage that very
mystery. God, who is immersed in mystery,
awakens our hope for encounter with Him.

However, it must still be affirmed that

mystery is not fully knowable. We cannot
absolutely know everything about life and the
world, what more of the divine Other. The
encounter with this mystery is, therefore, a
realization of our limitedness. It is a lesson in
humility. We become aware of how little we