54. I should still say that theology may be defined...

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I should still say that theology may be defined, in a broad and improper sense, in the way I used to define it -- namely, as the self-explication of faith.

But I should feel compelled to add that theology must be defined, in the strict and proper sense, as critical reflection on faith's self-explication in witness, i.e., critical interpretation of the meaning of witness and critical validation of its validity, sc. the claims to validity made or implied in bearing it.

17 August 1998