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dog·mat·ics

(dôg-măt′ĭks, dŏg-)
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The study of religious dogmas, especially those of a Christian church.
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dogmatics

(dɒɡˈmætɪks)
n
(Education) (functioning as singular) the study of religious dogmas and doctrines. Also called: dogmatic theology or doctrinal theology
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dog•mat•ics

(dɔgˈmæt ɪks, dɒg-)

n. (used with a sing. v.)
the study of religious doctrines, esp. of the Christian church.
[1835–45]
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This is the fourth volume in the Tubingen edition of the writings of Johann Sebastian Drey, who was one of the most significant German Catholic theologians in the areas of theological method (Enzyklopadie), apologetics, and dogmatics. This volume includes materials from his early phase in seminary education and as the central founding figure of the Catholic theological faculty at Tubingen University.
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Outline of Christian Doctrine: An Evangelical Dogmatics is recommended for scholarly Christian collections and provides a long-overdue translation of the German work of Harle - but scholars should expect more than just a translation, here.
Outline of Christian Doctrine
The engagement with Barth and Yoder occupies the first four chapters, allowing Prather to develop a rich exousiology rooted in his Yoderian renovation of Barthian dogmatics. He then turns in a final chapter to an exousiological investigation of Mammon, giving special attention to "disaster capitalism" as displayed in Hurricane-Katrina-ravaged New Orleans.
Christ, Power and Mammon: Karl Barth and John Howard Yoder in Dialogue
His massive 13-volume work Church Dogmatics is one of the largest and most profound works of systematic theology ever written.
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