Renewing the Earth - Renewing Theology

Abstract

This article examines three metaphors for world process - the organic, the mechanistic, and the artistic - drawn from the work of Gibson Winter in his book, Liberating Grace. The significance of these three metaphors for ecology and theological method are examined in turn. In so doing a correlation is also offered between cultural types (Voegelin), theological styles, stages of meaning (Lonergan), and stages of faith (Fowler).