Space time and structural evil

Another worthwhile article in Cultural Encounters: Volume 1. This time a brief article meditating on, well, what the title of this post says: "'The Sorcerer's Apprentice and the Savior of the World: Space, Time, and Structural Evil' Paul Louis Metzger"
The Abstract goes thus: "Drawing from Goethe's poem, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," this essay claims that human creations often get the better of us. For example, we often become possessed with going faster and faster and become isolated from one another when we get behind the wheel of a car. It is important to restructure reality, including our use of space and time. As firstborn over all creation and firstborn from among the dead, Jesus restructures all things, including our creaturely framing of space and time so as to serve others rather than enslave them. Jesus' reconciling activity of making time and space for us bears implications for the church's own use of space. Whereas our commuter churches often look more like self-contained structures of metallic monads lost in space, city buses bear greater similarities to the kingdom of God: the gate of entry into the bus is narrow; yet the demographic base is very wide, made up of various sectors of society. Jesus has made it possible for us to make space and time for those we would otherwise disregard."
Again there is some good reflection using the 'powers that be' as a thinking -foil. I only wanted a bit more thinking from this article in the sense of developing the ideas further. But as a stimulus to thought it's nice. The focus reflection on driving is helpful. I was surprised that it didn't reference Marshall McLuhan, because one of the core insights was very remniscent of perspectives developed in Understanding Media; particularly concerning the way that technologies extend our capabilities but in doing so reconstruct our perspectives.

One thought that has stayed with me from this is the use of the term perichoresis to describe not only the relation-ing of the Trinity but the relatedness of all creation. It seems this is owed to Gunton. But it is helpful in helping to draw a comparison between God and God's creation in terms of a characteristic. It also prompts me to enquire further about the relationship between haAdam being made in God's image and the degree to which creation itself can be said or thought of as imaging God ...