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Anything and everything involving ideas, including theology, is intimately bound up with the existing social situation in at least an unconscious way.
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The quote says that ideas do not exist completely apart from society. This includes theology: even religious ideas are closely connected to the social conditions already in place. People may not consciously notice that connection, but the surrounding social situation still shapes how ideas are formed and understood.
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- Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Western Theology, Boston University
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