Comments on: Searching for a Theology Metaphor http://inamirrordimly.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-a-theology-metaphor/ A theology and culture blog with the Bible in one tab and a news feed in the other. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ed http://inamirrordimly.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-a-theology-metaphor/#comment-290 Ed Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:19:18 +0000 #comment-290 Good work Adam. I like where you're going with that. Multiple perspectives require multiple metaphors. Good work Adam. I like where you’re going with that. Multiple perspectives require multiple metaphors.

]]> By: Adam Malliet http://inamirrordimly.com/2006/10/31/searching-for-a-theology-metaphor/#comment-289 Adam Malliet Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:26:25 +0000 #comment-289 There is no need to pick just one metaphor, just as there is no reason to pick just one language. Perhaps our American (U.S., that is.) up bringing might suggest otherwise as we rhetorically humiliate people who attempt to speak any other language but English (American English, that is)<br /> <br /> I like the agricultural metaphor as well as the conversational metaphor. I have grown weary of the athletic and war metaphor. While I am sure they have their place, I think we need to over emphasize participatory metaphors in order to "combat"...damn, sigh... the pervasive competitive and individualistic influence we receive in our (as in U!S!A!) Western "Free" Market society. There is no need to pick just one metaphor, just as there is no reason to pick just one language. Perhaps our American (U.S., that is.) up bringing might suggest otherwise as we rhetorically humiliate people who attempt to speak any other language but English (American English, that is)

I like the agricultural metaphor as well as the conversational metaphor. I have grown weary of the athletic and war metaphor. While I am sure they have their place, I think we need to over emphasize participatory metaphors in order to "combat"…damn, sigh… the pervasive competitive and individualistic influence we receive in our (as in U!S!A!) Western "Free" Market society.

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