Topic: General Theology
I have recently been fascinated by the role of 'priest' in the OT. These were people called to interpret the created order and understand how to facilitate appropriate relationships in light of a holy God. There remains a notion of the 'social construction of reality'. However, unlike the closed system of social theory these priests were required to be accountable to the above mentioned holiness. They were playing with fire and sometimes got burned (Lev 10).
I am currently reading Graham Ward's Cities of God and he speaks of urban planners as the new priesthood as they structure society in order to facilitate particular ideological goals.
Perhaps there is space to recover the once good name of the priest after sex scandals and protestant scholarship have so defiled it.
Many recent post in 'formal' expands on this thinking.