...model can for our purpose be simply stated: a model is a metaphor with 'staying power.*8 A model is a metaphor that has gained sufficient stability and...relatively comprehensive and coherent explanation. The metaphor of God the father is an excellent example of this. In becoming a model, it has permitted...

...interchangeably with "model." A model is understood to be a metaphor with "staying power." "A model is a metaphor that has gained sufficient stability and...comprehensive and coherent explanation" (Models of God 34). of Jesus, the goal and direction of creation is "toward inclusive love for all, especially the oppressed,...

...similar terms, Sallie McFague suggests that "a model is a metaphor with 'staying power.' A model is a metaphor that has gained sufficient .stability and...pattern for relatively comprehensive and coherent explanation."1'' Ferre suggests that "a model simplifies the data at hand 'to a form in which the mind...

...aspects of God's relationship to us.4S A model is a developed metaphor, "a metaphor with 'staying power,' that has gained sufficient stability and scope so...pattern for relatively comprehensive and coherent explanation."4" McFague cites Derrida's comment that metaphor is somewhere between "nonsense" and "truth"...