thealogian · noun — one who studies the or a goddess, or the feminine divine, e.g. from a feminist viewpoint. It carries an Arena rating of 1212, earned across 9 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, thealogian ranks #2,898 of 17,205 for The Improbable, #3,792 of 17,163 for Most Sublime Words, #4,913 of 17,177 for Most Whimsical Words, #5,645 of 17,207 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound.
Why “thealogian” is a great word
A scholar of the goddess or the feminine divine, particularly through feminist or theological inquiry, from thealogy (itself from Greek thea, "goddess" + -logy, "study of") + -ian (agent suffix), coined in 1976 by Isaac Bonewits. Unlike a theologian, whose study of divinity is framed within patriarchal traditions, or a feminist theologian, who may critique those traditions without centering the goddess, a thealogian's primary subject is the sacred feminine itself. This is the work of mapping a recovered pantheon, of listening for the whispers of the triple goddess in rewritten mythologies, and of reconstructing a divine face from the shards of a thousand suppressed cults—a quiet archaeology of a spirituality that was, and perhaps could be again.
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Etymology
From thealogy + -ian.
noun
- One who studies the or a goddess, or the feminine divine, e.g. from a feminist viewpoint.
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