is a specific kind of: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought.

is a broader term that covers: theanthropism | foreordination, predestination, predetermination, preordination | Neoplatonism | spiritualism | Christology | antinomianism | Thomism | Arianism | Athanasianism | Behmenism, Boehmenism | consubstantiation | Episcopalianism | Byzantinism, Caesaropapism, Erastianism | Hinayanism | Jansenism | Mahayanism | Marcionism | chiliasm, millenarianism, millenarism, millenniumism | Monophysitism | Monothelitism | Nestorianism | Pelagianism | Quakerism | rationalism | reincarnation | Rosicrucianism | synergism | total depravity | transubstantiation | universalism | Nativity, Virgin Birth | Docetism | Gnosticism | Zurvanism ... show more.