Who uses the term "God-talk", and what do they mean?
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I'm pretty sure "God-talk" is just a colloquial term for theological discussion. We live in a very secular world, and it's probably just the new popular label for religious discussion.
Notice what google has to say: https://www.google.com/search?q=god-talk#q=god-talk+define
Google references wikipedia's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Talk
Which redirects to theology.
Is that enough of an answer?
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Its liberal/post-modern scholar-word most likely to be used by Vatican II popes and other fans of Bonhoeffer and/or Tillich, among whom many Protestants will be found too. Its suggests that theology is just "talk about God" rather than study or reasoning from a revelation from God and thus there is no real absolute; its all just humanity making stuff up about God as opposed to study of an inspired text (i.e. the Bible). The very use of this term implies a devaluation of Christianity and an attempt to set all religions up as equal.
If you go to Google Ngram Viewer, which charts the use of particular phrases in books google has digitized (even ones you can't view on google books), and search god-talk you will find this phrase is a child of the 1960s. Ngram link for god-talk.
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I think you answered your own question in saying it was simply a "friendlier alternative to theology."
There could be many answers here, but I'm willing to bet those authors use the term God-Talk to come across more down-to-earth and less egg-headed. This is probably because their readership might feel intimidated by a book with the word theology in it.
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