Christian tradition as it is foreign to the project of science.”68 Indeed, not only for most scientists but also for the wider public, any religious claims for the consummation of eschatological hope seem not only erroneous but even fanciful and without any factual content.69 That is fully understandable in light of current science, which tells us that “our universe is condemned to a final futility and will end either in a big crunch, or go on forever expanding in continual disintegration and decay,