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the·o·cen·tric

 (thē′ō-sĕn′trĭk)
adj.
Centering on God as the prime concern: a theocentric cosmology.
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theocentric

(ˌθɪəˈsɛntrɪk)
adj
(Theology) theol having God as the focal point of attention
ˌtheocenˈtricity n
ˌtheoˈcentrism, theocentricism n
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the•o•cen•tric

(ˌθi əˈsɛn trɪk)

adj.
having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings.
[1885–90]
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teosentrisk

theocentric

[ˌθɪəˈsɛntrɪk] adjteocentrico/a
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Its approach is rigid, with an exclusivist focus on Christocentrism rather than theocentricism, especially in the context of interfaith engagement.
It is delicately balanced by the interpenetration of the visible and the invisible, theocentricism and anthropocentrism, transcendence and immanence, the spiritual and material.
Granted that Roberts' theocentricism and, sometimes quite conspicuously, his christocenticism took a major hand in setting the agenda for discussion of the interrelatedness of psychotherapy (and its seasoned partner psychoanalysis) and Christian theology, nevertheless, he is eager to demonstrate that a mature theological methodology would and should incorporate psychological components in its concept of the human person.
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