The Last Things

The Last Things is an outline of Christian doctrine concerning the end of time and the four last events of human existence: death, resurrection, purification, the Last Judgment, and eternal life. With his acute sense for the growing rift between the modern world and the Christian outlook, Guardini sets out to establish a relationship between the timeless truths of revelation and the spiritual and intellectual situation of the present age. Through the lens of materialism and scientism, eschatology is especially enigmatic, if not altogether incomprehensible. Yet Christianity reveals the true essence of humanity, and so unveils the mystery of humanity’s beginning, present, and ultimate end.Incisive and inspiring, The Last Things is a timeless reflection on the interplay of human nature and divine grace in the drama of history and salvation.