Politicized theology wanted to put this immediate aid aside for the sake of the fundamental task of creating a better world. That was and is a presumption, in which the individual becomes an instrument for utopian political dreams, which for their part remain unreal. But the proverbial grain of truth is not lacking even here: help given to an individual is part of the ongoing struggle of charity, the struggle of faith for the coming of God’s kingdom. Of course, the kingdom of God is not a political construct of our own making; rather it is the gift of God, which we cannot obtain by force.
