Why this word is great
METATHEOLOGY — [Noun] The critical study of the nature, methods, and foundational principles of theology as a discipline. From the English prefix meta- (meaning "beyond, about, or at a higher level") + theology (from the Greek theologia, from theos, "god," + -logia, "study, discourse"). Unlike theology, which builds systems of belief from within a tradition, or philosophy of religion, which analyzes religious concepts from an external standpoint, metatheology is theology's self-reflexive audit. It is the weary architect examining the blueprint rather than the cathedral; the grammarian parsing the syntax of prayer; the watchmaker dismantling the timepiece to see what makes it claim to measure eternity. It is the quiet, unsettling realization that every statement about the divine is also, irrevocably, a statement about the mind that made it.