Time for Hope
Practices for Living in Today's World
Published on 15. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-8264-2986-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book seeks to re-imagine hope in history and in life by exploring the narratives of time which shape and determine how human beings understand their lives."Time for Hope" re-imagines hope in today's world. It begins with the premise that there is a crisis of hope, especially in the West. Global conflicts, ecological threats, economic distress, and political disillusion are eroding optimism about the future. Often the religious response to historical despair is to turn away from hope in history and to focus on a better afterlife or to forego ethical action in a search for pleasure and beauty. This book seeks instead to change thinking about hope in history by exploring the narratives of time that shape and determine how human beings understand their lives.The goal of the book is to offer a remedy for the crisis of hope. It not only proposes alternative narratives of time, but also presents specific practices and habits that will lead to thinking and living differently. The book outlines a theology of hope appropriate for the historical, social and theological challenges of life today. It tells a life-giving story.
Reviews / Votes
"'As eloquent as it is erudite, Keshgegian has written an exhilarating meditation on hope, wonder and justice in our complex and fragile world. Weaving together personal narrative and theological reflection, she invites all of us, lay people, students, activists, and scholars to cultivate new stories and new habits of living, ones that allow us, and all of life, to flourish.' - Sharon D. Welch, University of Missouri, Columbia, author of Sweet Dreams in America and After Empire"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
354 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-2986-5 (9780826429865)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Flora A. Keshgegian is a theologian and an ordained Episcopal priest. She is the author of Redeeming Memories: A Theology of Healing and Transformation and numerous articles. She taught theology for five years at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest and served for fourteen years as Associate University Chaplain at Brown University. She is currently a Visiting Scholar at Brown University.
Content
Introduction; 1. Divine Comedy: Christian Narratives of Hope and History; 2. Outside the Lines: Contemporary Threats and Challenges; 3. Are We There Yet?: Rethinking the Journey; 4. Black Holes and Fractured Fairy Tales: Trauma and Tragedy in History; 5. Here and Now: Moments in the Hallowing of Time; 6. The Habitation of Time: Contours of Hope; 7. Practices of Habitation: Hope for Life; 8. Epilogue: Time's Tale.