Questions of life and questions of faith 2 To gain a coherent and comprehensive What is Theology Theology is a process or a practice of consciously and methodically reflecting on our experience of God in the ordinariness of life and in the social and historical events in our world in the light of our faith The What Where and How of Theology What Experience of God It is about our encounter with God Superior being The subject matter is God Greek Theos God and logos word speaking about God Where In the ordinariness of life and in social and historical events in our world it is not just an abstraction it is not only a feeling it is concrete Simply because it is about our experience of God in our personal lives and of the world How a practice of conscious and methodological reflection We must be aware of our surroundings yet we must be able to pause and reflect Theology is our primary tool guide to understand what God is saying through our human experiences and other events happening in the world driven by our faith our belief in God Goals of Theology 1 The ultimate or life long goal of theology is for us to have a closer and richer relationship with God in Jesus If God is part of our being human therefore We do not only want to know what the Godself is saying into our lives But we want to deepen and strengthen our relationship with God Who we have known through Jesus understanding of ourselves and the world we live in If in faith we acknowledge that God is the creator of all things therefore Through Theology in knowing what God is saying to us we discover the meaning of things reason of our existence the reason why things happens in the world 3 To communicate our faith in words and action in our present lives so that we become better disciples of Jesus especially for the sake of the underprivileged and marginalized people in our world Now the implication of all other goals of Theology is to live out God s message That it must be a living theology not just an academic pursuit It is imitating God in living out His message through Jesus We do this not only for our selves but for the poor like St Vincent de Paul Method of doing Theology Basic teaching learning methodology SEE DISCERN ACT PRAY What must be done Contemporary Human Experience Judeo Christian Tradition Doing Theology today SEE DISCERN COVID 19 Pandemic Sin caused by selfishness of Adam and Eve result original sin death COVID 19 caused by selfishness of Chinese business industry result Pandemic death God s response Selflessness through Jesus result life everlasting ACT Be selfless like God Social distancing Hand washing Whatever we do individually affects the people around us