Editing Theology (section)

==Topics==
{{Further|Outline of theology}}[[Richard Hooker]] defines ''theology'' as "the science of things divine".<ref>{{cite web|title=''Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity'', 3.8.11|url=http://anglicanhistory.org/hooker/3/368-377.pdf|access-date=2012-11-11|archive-date=4 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304083921/http://anglicanhistory.org/hooker/3/368-377.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The term can, however, be used for a variety of disciplines or fields of study.<ref>[[Alister McGrath|McGrath, Alister]]. 1998. ''Historical Theology: An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought''. Oxford: [[Blackwell Publishers]]. pp. 1–8.</ref> Theology considers whether the divine exists in some form, such as in [[physics|physical]], [[supernatural]], [[Phenomenology (philosophy)|mental]], or [[social construction|social realities]], and what evidence for and about it may be found via personal spiritual experiences or historical records of such experiences as documented by others. The study of these assumptions is not part of [[theology proper]], but is found in the [[philosophy of religion]], and increasingly through the [[psychology of religion]] and [[neurotheology]]. Theology's aim, then, is to record, structure and understand these experiences and concepts; and to use them to derive normative prescriptions for [[meaning of life|how to live our lives]].