Faith Theology as a Non-Empirical Approach to Understanding Divine Truth: A Study of Abstracted and Concreted Realities

The aim of this paper is to explore the concept of "Faith Theology" as a theological methodology that engages both “abstracted and concreted realities” of understanding divine truth, demonstrating how faith enables access to both. It emphasises non-empirical, faith-based knowledge as the epistemological foundation for understanding God's nature, will, and relationship with the universe. Drawing upon Hebrews 11 and a broad scriptural foundation, Faith Theology is presented in this study as a legitimate mode of theological inquiry for understanding God’s nature, will, and cosmic relationship. This paper distinguishes between spiritual truths, not visible to the human eye (abstracted realities), and the physical manifestations of those truths (concreted realities). It presents a robust framework for faith-centred theological inquiry, and the epistemological premise upon which faith theology rests. The paper adopts a sola scriptura research methodology, employing scriptural review method. A sola scriptural research holds that Scripture alone is the only authoritative and reliable voice in matter of doctrine, faith, and practice. Thus, it is relevant to this study to establish a biblical framework for the practice of faith theology as a mode of epistemological inquiry in Christianity and in all biblical and theological studies or education. The findings reveal that Faith Theology is the foundation upon which Christian theology or Christianity is built and the practice of our theology should rest on three epistemological premises of Faith Theology.  The study concludes and recommends that Scripture alone is sufficient for accessing divine truths through faith.