Engaging Ludwig Wittgenstein as ‘philosophical hand-maid’ (as opposed to ‘metaphysical gate-keeper’), this book subjects to critique both traditional realist and post-modern constructivist perspectives as it examines how the nature and role of metaphor-making at the creative edge of language casts light on the God-language-world relationship.

Sue Patterson returned to New Zealand in 2010 to take up the post of Senior Lecturer in Philosophical Theology and Ethics at Bishopdale Theological College following a decade in Ireland as a Church of Ireland Rector and (latterly) Dean of Killala Cathedral. Prior to her time in Ireland, she was Lecturer in Ethics and Applied Theology at Trinity College, Bristol and a Postdoctoral (Fulbright) Scholar at the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton NJ. Her first book, the product of her post-doctoral research, , was published in 1999.

Contents: The Case for Language-Games as Basic – The Consequences of Language-Games as Basic – A Wittgensteinian Explanation of Metaphor – Metaphorising – Inventions and Inculcations – Metaphorising, Actuality and Possibility – Metaphorised Worlds – Metaphorising and Revelation – Language-Games and Grace – The Case for a ‘Language-Game Theology’.