This superb new volume is addressed to everyone interested in hope, regardless of their religious or philosophical beliefs. Glenn Tinder, one of our most astute and creative thinkers, probes the failure of modern, secular hope and shows, with great sensitivity and openness, why the tenets of Christian faith offer a true and meaningful source for hope amid the widespread distress, confusion, and despondency of contemporary life. From The Critics Jean Bethke Elshtain Glenn Tinder argues compellingly that modern despondency flows from a collapse of unreasonable optimism about our individual and collective prospects. By contrast to despondency and brittle optimism, Tinder calls for a renewal of hope. Framed by Christian belief, Tinder's elegant essay reaches out to appeal to all men and women troubled by our current condition. A beautifully written and touching work. Michael Novak Tinder's weighty essay on the nature, spirituality, and politics of hope offers an illuminating perspective on a central pillar of civilization. Mary Ann Glendon "A pristine intellectual and spiritual achievement by one of the most penetrating thinkers. of our day" Richard John Neuhaus "With this essay Tinder once again vindicated his reputation as one of the most incisive thinkers and graceful writers working today. His is a most powerful argument that only a hope that has come to terms with all the reasons for despair can sustain us into a future that we do not and cannot control. Tinder's wisdom is in knowing that attention to first things requires facing up to last things."
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Hope is as necessary to life as light and air Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
situational obedience, universal attentiveness, modem hope, temporal hope, doctrinal responsibility, modern hope, authentic hope, encompassing mystery, prophetic stance, neighborly love, true hope, secular minds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Thomas Aquinas, Word of God, World War, Holy Spirit, Old Testament, Martin Buber, Civil War, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Barth, Abraham Lincoln, Etty Hillesum, French Revolution, Julian of Norwich, Nazi Germany, New Testament, The Brothers Karamazov, Christian Church New!
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Hope is as necessary to life as light and air Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
situational obedience, universal attentiveness, modem hope, temporal hope, doctrinal responsibility, modern hope, authentic hope, encompassing mystery, prophetic stance, neighborly love, true hope, secular minds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Thomas Aquinas, Word of God, World War, Holy Spirit, Old Testament, Martin Buber, Civil War, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Barth, Abraham Lincoln, Etty Hillesum, French Revolution, Julian of Norwich, Nazi Germany, New Testament, The Brothers Karamazov, Christian Church New!
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- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky on page 127, page 131, and page 193
- Crime and Punishment (Dodo Press) by Fyodor Dostoevsky on page 58, page 61, and page 127
- Crime and Punishment (Bantam Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky on page 58, page 61, and page 127
- The brothers Karamazov (Barnes & Noble classics) by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky on page 127, page 131, and page 193
- The Epistle to the Romans by Karl Barth on page 34, and page 42
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- The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World by Emily Griesinger on 7 pages
- Unmasking Apocalyptic Texts: A Guide to Preaching and Teaching by Dorothy Jonaitis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Kingdom of Christ: The New Evangelical Perspective by Russell D. Moore in Back Matter
- The Ten Commandments in History: Mosaic Paradigms for a Well-Ordered Society (Emory University Studies in Law and Religion) by Paul Grimley Kuntz in Front Matter
- Power over the Body, Equality in the Family: Rights and Domestic Relations in Medieval Canon Law by Charles J. Reid Jr. in Front Matter
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