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单词 astrotheology
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astrotheologyn.

Brit. /ˌastrəʊθɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌæstroʊˌθiˈɑlədʒi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: astro- comb. form, theology n.
Etymology: < astro- comb. form + theology n.
1. Derham's term for: the part of theology which may be deduced from the study of the heavens. Now rare.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > systems of theology > [noun] > based on stars
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1715 W. Derham (title) Astro-theology: or a demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from a survey of the heavens.
1907 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 8 185 The Book of Genesis, if read in the in the light of Geology, reads like false science... In the light of astro-theology it is seen to be a true history of celestial change..and religious conflict.
2. Observation of the heavens as the basis of a religious system; reverence of the heavens. Cf. astrobiology n. (b) at astro- comb. form 1.
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1855 E. Higginson Astro-theology 3 (heading) Jewish astro-theology; or, how devout Hebrews thought of the sun, moon and stars.
1882 Q. Rev. July 131 The astro-theology of Chaldæa.
1900 A. H. Sayce Anc. Empires East ii. 150 This process of syncretism went along with a curious development of astro-theology.
1938 Jrnl. Relig. 18 133 This astrotheology, as I have shown in my Aristotle, was the root of the new faith of the Hellenistic world.
1990 Isis 81 112/2 The final chapters deal with the question of the origin of the solar system and discuss astrotheology and the continuing struggle with astrology.
2010 F. Rochberg In Path of Moon xvi. 334 In the conceptual realm of Mesopotamian cosmology and astro-theology..these ideas appear foreign.
3. The study of the impact on religion and theology of the possibility or discovery of extraterrestrial life.
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1969 C. J. Stevens (title) Astrotheology for the cosmic adventure.
1977 K. J. Delano Many Worlds, One God vii. 105 (heading) Astrotheology.
1996 S. J. Dick Biol. Universe x. 516 Astrotheology in the twentieth century came to describe the considerable modifications to theology and religion that might develop in the wake of the discovery of intelligence in the heavens.
2007 Stud. Hist. & Philos. Sci. 38 568/2 The twentieth century has seen the rise of a new ‘astrotheology’, which considers what modifications, if any, religion might need if extraterrestrial intelligent life is found.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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