I can see at this point in my life that my books, and maybe my entire lifework, has been about one thing: teaching humans how to be God and God how to be humans. I sincerely believe that the former project (teaching humans how to be God) is what the history of religions—still incomplete, still ongoing—has been partially about and where, I hope, at least some of it is headed. I also sincerely believe that the latter project (teaching God how to be human) is what the humanities—still incomplete, still ongoing—has been partially about and where at least some it is headed.
