Christian defenses of capitalism hinge upon releasing the eschatological tension between the “already” and the “not yet” by means of emptying the “already” of any immediate material (social-political-economic) content, with the result that we are left to ponder the capitalist status-quo as the “lesser evil,” as the best we can expect until at some future point God decides to act. There is but one age, even as we look forward to the age to come. There is no overlap; no transformation or redemption here and now, beyond the comfort offered the rich that they will be forgiven and the consolation offered the impoverished that in the next age things will be different.12
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