Sentence:  To say this , of course , is to take up a position on one side of a controversy going on now for some two hundred years , or , <WSD>at</WSD> any rate , since the beginning of the distinctively modern period in theological thought . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"