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Wiki MarkupOne of the difficulties with Frei's chacterization of theology as "the endeavor to articulate the grammar or internal logic of \ [the language of the Christian church\] under its own norm or norms" (74) is that it renders theology inadequately distinguishable from philosophy, provided philosophy is understood, as it should be, as, on its analytic side, the attempt to articulate the grammar or internal logic of our various language games (and forms of life), including religion.

On the other hand, one of the clear advantages of my characterization of theology as critical reflection on Christian witness with a view to validating the claims to validity that bearing it makes or implies is that theology can then be adequately distinguished from philosophy, understood analytically as explication of the depth grammar or internal logic implicit in our religious as well as other ways of speaking (and living).

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