Everyone is a theologian?

u/Subvet98, u/mrmtothetizzle, u/PrioritySilver4805

R. C. Sproul said:

Theology is inescapable. Not everybody's a professional Theologian with a capital T.

Agree.

But we are all theologians with a lowercase 't'

I don't think so.

because we all have some view of who God is.

I wouldn't define theologian so lightly and loosely. It cheapens the seriousness of the concept.

Everyone’s a Theologian: An Introduction to Systematic Theology (2014):

There is no one who is not a theologian. Everyone has an idea about God, and everyone has an opinion about God. The question is not whether we are theologians, but whether we are good theologians.

By claiming that everyone is a theologian, the overgeneralization risks diluting the meaning of theology, which traditionally involves the systematic and intentional study of divine matters. Encouraging people to grow in their theological understanding, rather than labeling them as already theologians, might be a more constructive way to approach the subject.

Furthermore, what is the operational definition of a good theologian? By what objective criteria did Sproul classify himself as a good theologian, and therefore not a bad one?

The title was likely a marketing ploy to sell his book, similar to Physics for Dummies (2006). Obviously, not every dummy is a physicist :)