It means to try to have heaven on earth. My little dictionary doesn't have all the words, and I am too lazy to go get the OED, so I am winging it here, but the eschaton is the end of the world, and "immanent" means means here on Earth. I know it as a Buckleyism (William F. Buckley), and I think he means that liberals don't believe that human nature is inherently evil and weak, they believe in the perfectability of mankind, that mankind can be perfected enough so that we experience Heaven on Earth. But good conservatives (pace Mr. Buckley) believe it is heretical to try to immantize the eschaton.
To him (both Freddy *and* Buckley), I say, Christ did, too. But all this religion stuff makes people uncomfortable, so I think I will drop it. |
