theologian

noun

1. A specialist in academic theology.

   “Of all the theologians of his age, Hooker was the most unpuritan; […]”

   “During a burping contest to celebrate wonderfully cold soft drinks after a long hike one hot afternoon, one little girl said, "My dad can outburp any of you!" Her father is a distinguished theologian and church leader whom I will not name here.”

   “Cone, who once called himself “the angriest theologian in America,” is still angry. […] Niebuhr’s decision not to speak out against lynching encouraged other white theologians and ministers to follow suit, Cone said, because Niebuhr was considered the nation’s greatest theologian.”

2. (colloquial)Someone who studies theology.

   “Seminarians are usually divided into philosophers and theologians, depending on their stage of formation.”

3. A theological lecturer attached to a cathedral church.
4. A person who has a personal knowledge of God through prayer, asceticism, and mystical experience.