Project Terminology
Searching Theology uses specific chosen terms and phrases to describe the various layers of the project. The hope is that this helps to more easily understand and explore the project.
Reference List
The Project
The Project Ecosystem
The Search
The Website
The Framework
The Framework Structures
The Story the Bible Tells (Story)
The Meaning of the Story (Meaning)
Living the Story (Life)
The Stages of the Story
The System
Living this Life
Anchors
Domains
Sections
Terminology
Searching Theology, The Project, the project
The umbrella over everything that defines what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, and in what ways we are doing it.
The Project Ecosystem, the project ecosystem, ecosystem
All the connected parts of the project. If it has something to do with the project, it is a part of the ecosystem.
The Core Components, the core components, components
The main parts of the project which consists of The Search and The Website.
The Search
The space where ongoing theological development, exploration, clarification, and refinement occur.
The Website, the website
The space where the “current” organized presentation of The Framework lives for exploration, and where you can navigate to all the various parts of the project.
The Framework, the framework
The threefold theological structure of Story, Meaning, and Life and the foundation of the project.
The Framework Structures, the framework structures, structures
The interrelated structures of Story, Meaning, and Life within the framework.
The Story the Bible Tells, the story the Bible tells, Story, the story
The governing structure of the framework which tells the story of the Bible from creation to new creation.
The Meaning of the Story, the meaning of the story, Meaning, the meaning
The systematic structure of the framework where understanding is drawn from the story and organized into a coherent system.
Living the Story, living the story, Life, life
The lived structure of the framework where life responses are shaped by the system.
The Stages of the Story, the stages of the story
The narrative sections within The Story the Bible Tells that are presented on the website.
The System, the system
The “current” organized presentation of The Meaning of the Story that lives on the website.
Living this Life, living this life
The concrete practices, responses, and patterns of Living the Story that are shaped by the system and presented on the website.
Anchors, anchors
The story-wide themes or realities that span much or all of the framework.
Domains, domains
The orienting categories within The System and Life that house related sections.
Sections, sections
The more developed explanations and conclusions within domains.
Episodes, episodes
Primarily the audio and video presentations of The Search and The Website while also including other topics and other parts of the project.