of divine revelation and grace in relation to knowledge, helping to give rise to the modern sciences.24 The framework of nature and grace was the paradigm not only in theology and philosophy but throughout Western culture, influencing artists and writers. Such a cultural paradigm provided a pattern for problem solving.25 Lewis gracefully portrays the medieval and Renaissance world model in his book, The Discarded Image.26 a model dominated by nature and grace. Integral to the framework is a hierarchy
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