Reasons to Hope
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Werner G. Jeanrond approaches hope from the perspective of a theology of love. He distinguishes human hopes from the hope which God has given to humanity. Jeanrond discusses the challenges of a Christian praxis of hope in today's world and invites both a new conversation on a future with God and a reassessment of the potential of hope for Christian discipleship.
Jeanrond argues that memory is important for hope, and that nobody can hope for herself or himself alone. Hope thus invites personal, communal, political and global participation and transformation. Moreover, it gives rise to a powerful constellation of symbolic expressions, including judgement, heaven, hell, and purgatory, that call for ongoing interpretation. Ranging from radical hope and the hope for salvation, to the power of judgment and contemporary fears about the future of nations, humankind and the world, Jeanrond's latest work offers a theological contribution to the multireligious conversation on hope, death and the human future in our universe.
Discusses past and present reasons to hope from a contemporary Christian theological perspective.
This book offers a new assessment of the potential of hope in Christian faith
An important new work by a major and world renowned theologian
Werner G. Jeanrond invites a new conversation on Christian images of a future with God which is based on inclusive rather than exclusive thinking
Preface
Notes for the Reader
Acknowledgements
1. Hope, Hopes and Radical Hope
2. Hoping for Salvation
3. Salvation or Reconciliation
4. Individual and Community: Three Eschatological Programmes
5. Memory and Hope
6. Death and Hope
7. Judgement, Heaven and Hell: The Power of Symbols
8. Christian Praxis of Hope and Europe's Future
9. Reasons to Hope
Select Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Faced with neo-tribalism, hatred and ecological disaster, Werner G. Jeanrond calls the Church to a dialogue on hope, grounded in love. A follow-up on his book on love, this insightful volume gives us tools to become agents for hope.
Reflecting on hope from the horizon of love, Werner G. Jeanrond continues his masterful and creative interpretation of the theological virtues in a way that is firmly grounded in the rich history of Christian thought, but also open to new and more inclusive layers of meaning.
- Title: Reasons to Hope
- Author: Werner G. Jeanrond
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780567668967, 9780567668936, 0567668932, 0567668967
- Resource ID: LLS:9780567668967
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-12T03:48:17Z
Werner G. Jeanrond is Professor of Systematic Theology in the University of Oslo, Norway. He has previously taught theology at Trinity College Dublin and the Universities of Lund, Glasgow and Oxford. His books and articles in theology and hermeneutics have been translated into many languages.