Sorry, that was a bit rushed, and this won’t be much better. Yes, by ‘symbolic’ oriented politics I mean story-telling. What I guess is necessary is that the people of God should not be presumptuous in attempting to embody in its own life the ideal of the microcosm. There must be humility, a recognition of inadequacy. The missional task exists in the tension between trying to get it right and pointing to the hope of a final transformation of creation. But this really needs a lot more thought.