As we demonstrate in chapter 2 and chapter 3 model theology can observe and classify many different models of religion and ideology. There is no such thing as a correct model in the sciences or in theology. We can only choose between alternative models in the light of what we want to do. In chapter 7 and chapter 8 we see on what basis the commitment to one particular model can be made. Kuhn used the term paradigm, which I have avoided in this book in favour of the simpler word model.
Nothing hangs on the dividing line between models and paradigms.
Three Kinds of Model Margaret Masterman showed that Kuhn was working with at least three quite different kinds of paradigm. She called them metaphysical, sociological, and construct paradigms. Masterman's metaphysical paradigms are large scale world views. So in chapter 2 and chapter 3 we worked at twenty four species of religion or ideology as alternative world view or metaphysical paradigms. Masterman's sociological paradigms picture the stated and unstated rules for say a local community, or a group of scientists, or a church denomination.