xenotheology

English

Etymology

From xeno- +‎ theology.

Noun

xenotheology (uncountable)

1. The study of alien religion.
   • 2011, Sheri S. Tepper, Raising The Stones:

     ... had added a number of generalists, who had done research in such fields as religious history, xenotheology, deconstruction of scriptures, the anatomy and chemistry of revelation, and the social and economic consequences of prophecy.

   • 2015, John Grant, The Hundredfold Problem:

     The few she'd spoken with so far had proved to be not only more intelligent than herself but also wiser. Of course, it was possible that it was an illusion: one of the first lessons she had learnt in her undergraduate xenotheology courses back at ...