Meanings
- uncountableThe synthetic application of understanding of biology to the understanding of God, synthesizing modern biology and traditional religious doctrines.
The truth is that biotheology is anything but scientific; like all theologies, it is founded on faith, not reason.
1973, Horizon, page 33, column 22 more examples
Indeed, sociobiology has a certain synergy with biotheology, and some of its less controversial concepts strengthen biotheology.
1996, Michael Cavanaugh, “Sin and Morality”, in Biotheology: A New Synthesis of Science and Religion, Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, Inc., →ISBN, page 175Chiropractors are now associated with hospitals, and even with some medical school programs, on a limited basis. These changes are resultant not only of the Wilk decision but more specifically of the fact that chiropractic physicians have joined with various allopathic research programs (such as the Rand, ACHRP, and Quebec Task Force studies) and have appeared at various scientific symposia. The chiropractors associated with such projects have divested themselves of the chiropractic dogma, biotheology, and philosophy.
1997, 1997 Wiley Expert Witness Update: New Developments in Personal Injury Litigation, →ISBN, page 67
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