The Lord of History

When Msgr. Eugene Kevane’s seminal work The Lord of History was originally published in 1980, it responded to a call by the Second Vatican Council to promote “a more effective co-ordination of philosophy and theology so that they supplement one another in revealing . . . the Mystery of Christ, which affects the whole course of human history” (Optatum Totius 14). Lamenting that in modernity Christ is no longer the centre of the universal history of mankind, let alone the centre of one’s personal history, Kevane believed it was critical for catechists to reclaim Christ as the Lord over every aspect of humanity’s collective and individual experience. In this new edition of The Lord of History, Kevane’s groundbreaking work introduces today’s generation to the bedrock of Christian philosophy and its relationship to religious instruction and beyond. About the author: Msgr. Eugene Kevane was a pioneer in the field of catechetics. A long time faculty member at both the Catholic University of America and St. John’s University (Long Island, New York), he went on to found the Notre Dame Catechetical Institute. The Institute’s Master’s program in catechetics provided rigourous intellectual formation in accordance with Catholic teaching during an era when this was almost unheard of. Msgr. Kevane also authored nine books related to catechetics, history, philosophy, and more. A beloved teacher, scholar, and spiritual father, Msgr. Kevane passed away in 1996.

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