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This means that the task of theology is translation/interpretation – -- namely, of Christian truth (= das Wort der Gnade/das Wort vom Kreuz) from the language of the outdated world picture in terms of which it is expressed in scripture and tradition into a language intelligible to modern women and men.

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But in thus translating/interpreting the understanding of human existence that comes to expression in the Bible, theology is in effect explicating what it means to exist Christianly. And this it has to do by also entering into critical discussion with other ways of understanding human existence – -- philosophical as well as religious.

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