Faculty of Theology and Philosophy “Only by understanding can we fulfil our Spirituality” Theology and Philosophy together create some of the most valuable methodologies to understanding and evaluating the intellectual claims of religion. Theology comes in two forms, philosophical and religious. Philosophical theology is a part of philosophy. It uses natural human reason to explore the greatest of all questions, the questions about God. Religious theology is a logical exploration of the meaning and consequences of faith in a revealed religion. Studying Theology provides the student with an understanding of the intellectual foundation of religious beliefs, traditions, rituals, and principles as well as the social and cultural perspectives for religious belief and practice. Theology combine a wide range of skills and disciplines, historical, textual, etymological, linguistic, sociological, literary-critical and philosophical. "Philosophy" means "the love of wisdom." Wisdom is the understanding of ultimate causes, explanations and principles. It includes knowledge of values, not just facts. It gives you a "big picture," a "world-view" and a "life-view." It explores such questions as these: What is the essence of a human being? What is the value and purpose the human life? What is a good life? Is there a higher law than ours? Are we here by chance or design? How do we know what is good or evil? Philosophy develops systematic objectivity and the ability to be able to criticise and reason logically. It allows the student to apply these skills to many modern and historical schools of thought and individual thinkers. It allows the student to questions ranging from how knowledge is acquired by us and how to form moral judgements to fundamental questions in the philosophy of religion, including the existence and nature of God and the significance of religion to human life