His most recent books include: Political Symbols in Russian History: Church, State and the Quest for Order and Justice (2010), Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Globalization: Citizens without States (2011), and LDS in USA: Mormonism and the Making of American Culture (2012). This essay is taken from Eric Voegelin and the Continental Tradition, University of Missouri Press (2010), which he co-edited. It is presented in three parts and appears with permission.