brings out the fullest understanding, appreciation, and response. The word logos suggests this full, complete engagement of me in the rich depth of my humanness. But full engagement with what? In the case of theology, with theos, with “God.” The Greek term need not imply a capital G, since a household deity or an idol may be a theos. But when Christians use the word “theology,” no such diminished association is tolerable. Moreover, the one God whom Christians wish to study is no mere item of interest,
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