The Apocalypse of the Sovereign Self

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Apocalypse of the Sovereign Self</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> is a collection of stories</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>fictional and factual</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> highlighting two themes: the autonomous </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>self</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> now in a profound crisis; and the </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>person</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> whose Christian sources and contours have too long been overlooked. 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). </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>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.</span></p>