Theological Metaphors in Mathematics

Mathematics, Metaphors and Economic Visualisability

In the nineteenth century, scholars trained in both mathematics and political economy began to construct economic theory in mathematical form. Over the course of the next half century, mathematical analysis gradually came to be applied, sometimes implicitly and often relegated to appendices and footnotes, in more and more parts of economic theory. Then, quite suddenly, in the years immediately ...

The Church as Bride and Mother: Two Neglected Theological Metaphors

INTRODUCTION In a recent book on ecclesiolog y, Exploring Ecclesiolog y: An Evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction, Brad Harper and Paul Louis Metzger lament the fact that “people are into ‘Jesus’ and ‘spirituality’ today, but not ‘religion’ and ‘Church.’”1 Their proposed solution to this problem is, in part, an emphasis on two metaphors for the Church: the Church as mother and the Church as b...

Scientific and Theological Realism

In this paper I shall explore the parallels and contrasts between scientific and theological realism. I shall start by providing an outline of the various aspects of scientific realism before looking at these in more detail and in comparison to theological realism. I hope that by this comparison with the well-developed debates between various species of scientific antirealists and realists, tha...

Harvard Theological Review

Concordia Theological Monthly