Eschatological Vision
Between Compromise and Intransigence
Last week I traveled to the South Bend area for an event. On the flight from DC I browsed a little-known book of collected essays titled “I Call You Friends: John Cavadini and the Vision of Catholic Leadership for Higher Education”, which celebrates the work of John Cavadini, Professor of Theology and long-time Director of the McGrath Institute for Church Life. The very last essay in the volume captivated me. It was significant enough for me to write the appropriate people and request permission to republish it here, so that it might become more widely known. While the author is writing about ‘eschatological vision’ for what is primarily a Catholic audience, I believe anyone with an interest in the relationship between religious belief and politics will find it interesting.
So it was with special permission that I am very pleased to be …