and see happen there we know will not happen anywhere else. Everything, therefore, is at stake in world-making here. The categories for this assertion are elusive. There are of course problems, if this argument be taken as an ontological statement, because it suggests on the one hand that God’s creation is precarious and depends on ritual activity and, indeed, that God’s sovereignty depends on such actions. On the other hand, along with jeopardizing God’s standing, it suggests an efficacy that assigns