religious debate
Faith-based argument exchange
Religious debate is formal or informal argument about matters of faith, doctrine, or spiritual practice.
Such debates may occur between adherents of different religions, between believers and nonbelievers, or among members of the same faith disputing interpretation: The religious debate over evolution continues in some school boards.
The phrase often signals contentious territory where participants hold deep convictions unlikely to shift.
- theologyStudy of the divine
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- church fathersEarly Christian theological authorities
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
original sin · scripture · apologetics · schism · orthodoxy · true believer · faith · creed · pulpit · speaking in tongues · sermon · disputation · moral authority · blasphemy · fire and brimstone · salvation · sin · fallen from grace
- German ReformationMartin Luther, Protestant Reformation, Wittenberg, theses, indulgences
- religious broadcastsgospel hour, televangelism, 700 Club, prayer line, prosperity gospel
- Abrahamic faithsJudaism, Christianity, Islam, Abraham, God
- irreligionatheism, agnosticism, antitheism, freethought, godlessness
religious debatecasual conversation
Informal spoken exchange
small talk · idle chatter · chitchat · gossip · pillow talk
religious debatesilent prayer
Voiceless religious entreaty
meditation · religious observance · worship · quiet contemplation · spiritual communion
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