I’ve looked over this many times, but I still don’t understand what the difference is. What is the difference? When would you use one instead of the other?
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という vs というのは is not the right question.
In both cases, という refers to a stated thing, “the aforementioned,” so to speak. 
By adding のは, you nominalize the quoted phrase and declare it to be the ultimate subject of the current discussion.
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