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In earlier formulations (including many in On Theology), I define "theology" succinctly as "the critical reflection constituted by the question as to the meaning and truth of what is thought and said by a religion" (OT: 127). Thus I can argue, for instance, that "what makes one a [Christian] theologian, insofar as one is such, is not the commitment of faith one shares as a believing Christian, but only reflectively asking and answering the question as to the meaning and truth of the Christian witness, together with making whatever prior commitment this kind of reflection involves" (142 f.).

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