Contradictory Theology

Recent works in theology-including Beall (The Contradictory Christ and Divine Contradiction) and essays in Rutledge (Paradox and Contradiction in Theology)-have articulated or defended contradictory or contradictory-like theologies. Given the use of contemporary formal logic in setting out these theologies, a natural question concerning the existence of historical precedents to contradictory or contradictory-like theologies has arisen. In this article we present a short, accessible overview of contradictory and contradictory-like theologies alongside an attempt to address the question of historical precedents for such views.