When theologians appropriate and make use of speculative theories, they do less than justice both to speculative philosophy and to their own discipline. (religion-online.org)
What they do suggest, however, is that it does not belong to the class of speculative theories that are then to be brought to the bar of experience. (religion-online.org)
Much of scripture was interpreted allegorically, to the extent that theologians came up with some «fantastic and highly speculative theories.» (rachelheldevans.com)