natural theology
noun
theology based on knowledge of the natural world and on human reason, apart from revelation.
natural theologian
-
a word derived from
natural theology.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In this way the Bible is used by the natural theologian, just as he would employ any curious object in nature—say, the human hand, or the eye.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
Its relations to the question of design belong to the natural theologian, or, in the larger sense, to the philosopher.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray
Similar instances may be gleaned by the natural theologian from nearly every part of the geological history.
From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by John William Dawson
The only answer to these difficulties open to the natural theologian is that which is drawn from the constitution of the human mind.
From Thoughts on Religion by Charles Gore
What would the natural theologian have to say, were the first theory true, save that God’s works are even more wonderful than he always believed them to be?
From Scientific Essays and Lectures by Charles Kingsley
