The Apocalypse of the Sovereign Self is a collection of stories, fictional and factual, highlighting two themes: the autonomous self , now in a profound crisis; and the person , whose Christian sources and contours have too long been overlooked.
For these words were addressed to the first Christians, and they now apply not only to Christians but also to those whose exposure to Christ has been merely cultural, those who mistakenly think that the spiritual resources that fostered and sustained the dignity of the human person will survive the renunciation of the faith that gave that dignity its salience..
The ongoing cultural and confessional evisceration of Christianity all too graphically proves the validity of Christ\'s warning: Apart from me you can do nothing (Jn 15:5).
The Apocalypse of the Sovereign Self is a collection of stories, fictional and factual, highlighting two themes: the autonomous self , now in a profound crisis; and the person , whose Christian sources and contours have too long been overlooked