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In. all the “death of God” excitement, let us be clear about two things: first, the “death of God” talk does not constitute a “new theology,” or even a new direction in theology, despite all the irresponsible hullabaloo manufactured by the mass media: and, secondly, however strange it may sound, the “death of God” propagandists are not atheists, but Christians, and Christian theologians to boot. It is easy, and sometimes useful, to expose the incoherencies, the inconsistencies, the absurdities of their doctrine. But they are not schizophrenics or buffoons; they are, or at least they believe themselves to be, serious Christian thinkers, trying to say something significant. What is it they are trying to say?

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In. all the “death of God” excitement, let us be clear about two things: first, the “death of God” talk does not constitute a “new theology,” or even a new direction in theology, despite all the irresponsible hullabaloo manufactured by the mass media: and, secondly, however strange it may sound, the “death of God” propagandists are not atheists, but Christians, and Christian theologians to boot. It is easy, and sometimes useful, to expose the incoherencies, the inconsistencies, the absurdities of their doctrine. But they are not schizophrenics or buffoons; they are, or at least they believe themselves to be, serious Christian thinkers, trying to say something significant. What is it they are trying to say?

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