Michael Franz is Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Maryland. He is the author of Eric Voegelin and the Politics of Spiritual Revolt: The Roots of Modern Ideology, and editor of The Ecumenic Age, Vol. IV of Voegelin’s Order and History, Vol. 17 in The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. His research and teaching focus on political theory and the philosophy of history, with special emphasis on political violence and terrorism engendered by disordered spirituality and ideological consciousness.

Eric Voegelin’s life work is best understood as a “zetema,” a philosopher’s life-long quest for truth, one that underwent substantial changes during the final phase of his quest. As Michael Franz explains in his Introduction, Voegelin’s last essays have not received the critical attention they deserve, yet they contain the most refined formulations of his thought. Franz has succeeded in enlisting scholars thoroughly aquatinted with Voegelin’s voluminous publications who are well qualified to analyze the theoretical advances in these last essays and relate them to the better-known, previous stages of his exploration of orders and disorders of the soul and of society.—Stephen A. McKnight, Professor Emeritus of European Intellectual and Cultural History, University of Florida

• Introduction: Michael FranzChapter 1: Voegelin’s “The German University and the Order of German Society: A Reconsideration of the Nazi Era" – Barry CooperChapter 2: Voegelin’s On Debate and Existence” – Steven F. McGuireChapter 3: Voegelin’s "Immortality: Experience and Symbol" – Henrik SyseChapter 4: Voegelin’s “Configurations of History” – Paul KidderChapter 5: Voegelin’s “Equivalences of Experience and Symbolization in History” – Glenn HughesChapter 6: Voegelin‘s “On Henry James’s Turn of the Screw” – Charles R. EmbryChapter 7: Voegelin’s “The Gospel and Culture” – Thomas HeilkeChapter 8: Voegelin’s “On Hegel: A Study in Sorcery” – David WalshChapter 9: Voegelin’s “On Classical Studies” – Julianne M. RomanelloChapter 10: Voegelin’s “Reason: The Classic Experience”  – William PetropulosChapter 11: Voegelin’s “Response to Professor Altizer” – Paulette KidderChapter 12: Voegelin’s “Remembrance of Things Past” – Paul KidderChapter 13: Voegelin’s "Wisdom and the Magic of the Extreme: A Meditation” – Michael FranzChapter 14: Voegelin’s “Quod Deus Dicitur” — Thomas Heilke with Paul CaringellaIndex

Michael Franz is Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Maryland. He is the author of Eric Voegelin and the Politics of Spiritual Revolt: The Roots of Modern Ideology, and editor of The Ecumenic Age, Vol. IV of Voegelin’s Order and History, Vol. 17 in The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. His research and teaching focus on political theory and the philosophy of history, with special emphasis on political violence and terrorism engendered by disordered spirituality and ideological consciousness.

Eric Voegelin’s life work is best understood as a “zetema,” a philosopher’s life-long quest for truth, one that underwent substantial changes during the final phase of his quest. As Michael Franz explains in his Introduction, Voegelin’s last essays have not received the critical attention they deserve, yet they contain the most refined formulations of his thought. Franz has succeeded in enlisting scholars thoroughly aquatinted with Voegelin’s voluminous publications who are well qualified to analyze the theoretical advances in these last essays and relate them to the better-known, previous stages of his exploration of orders and disorders of the soul and of society.—Stephen A. McKnight, Professor Emeritus of European Intellectual and Cultural History, University of Florida

• Introduction: Michael FranzChapter 1: Voegelin’s “The German University and the Order of German Society: A Reconsideration of the Nazi Era" – Barry CooperChapter 2: Voegelin’s On Debate and Existence” – Steven F. McGuireChapter 3: Voegelin’s "Immortality: Experience and Symbol" – Henrik SyseChapter 4: Voegelin’s “Configurations of History” – Paul KidderChapter 5: Voegelin’s “Equivalences of Experience and Symbolization in History” – Glenn HughesChapter 6: Voegelin‘s “On Henry James’s Turn of the Screw” – Charles R. EmbryChapter 7: Voegelin’s “The Gospel and Culture” – Thomas HeilkeChapter 8: Voegelin’s “On Hegel: A Study in Sorcery” – David WalshChapter 9: Voegelin’s “On Classical Studies” – Julianne M. RomanelloChapter 10: Voegelin’s “Reason: The Classic Experience”  – William PetropulosChapter 11: Voegelin’s “Response to Professor Altizer” – Paulette KidderChapter 12: Voegelin’s “Remembrance of Things Past” – Paul KidderChapter 13: Voegelin’s "Wisdom and the Magic of the Extreme: A Meditation” – Michael FranzChapter 14: Voegelin’s “Quod Deus Dicitur” — Thomas Heilke with Paul CaringellaIndex