Dare We Speak of Hope?: Searching for a Language of Life in Faith and Politics

Author:   Allan Aubrey Boesak ,  Nicholas Wolterstorff
Publisher:   William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
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9780802870810


Pages:   202
Publication Date:   21 February 2014
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"Since the spectacular rise of South Africa's Nelson Mandela and the remarkable election of Barack Obama as president of the United States, the phrase ""hopeful politics"" has dominated our public discourse. But what happens when that hope disappoints? Can it be salvaged? What is the relationship between faith, hope, and politics? In this book Allan B"

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Author:   Allan Aubrey Boesak ,  Nicholas Wolterstorff
Publisher:   William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Imprint:   William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9780802870810


ISBN 10:   0802870813
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   21 February 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Dwight N. Hopkins-- University of Chicago Divinity School I can hardly think of any other person in the world whose word and witness stand more unswervingly with the poor and the workers. Despite surface signs of progress, Allan Boesak reminds Christians and all people of decent hearts that hope emerges phoenix-like when the criterion for life is the life of the oppressed. Ulrich Duchrow-- University of Heidelberg Those who rejoiced in the victory of Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama and who were disappointed afterwards by the developments in their respective countries and worldwide will experience new hope through this moving book. . . . Inspiring, encouraging, and mobilizing for people yearning for justice. Curtiss Paul DeYoung-- Bethel University A masterpiece! Dare We Speak of Hope? invites readers to embrace the question of hope in a world of injustice and oppression, disappointment and depression. In this beautifully written and powerfully persuasive volume, Boesak reasserts the power of hope when it emerges out of woundedness, struggle, and peacemaking. R. Simangaliso Kumalo-- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Allan Boesak, a great prophet and scholar, has done it again. This is a brilliant book on hope and politics. Nicholas Wolterstorff-- from foreword [An] eloquent, challenging, and deeply spiritual book.


Ponderings on a Faith Journey If we want to engage in a struggle that truly changes the reality for those on the margins, then we would be wise to consider the wisdom of Allan Boesak, a wisdom forged in the struggle for human dignity and justice. . . . We need guides like Boesak, if we are to understand the relationship of our faith to our politics -- that we might be harbingers of hope. Dwight N. Hopkins-- University of Chicago Divinity School I can hardly think of any other person in the world whose word and witness stand more unswervingly with the poor and the workers. Despite surface signs of progress, Allan Boesak reminds Christians and all people of decent hearts that hope emerges phoenix-like when the criterion for life is the life of the oppressed. Ulrich Duchrow-- University of Heidelberg Those who rejoiced in the victory of Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama and who were disappointed afterwards by the developments in their respective countries and worldwide will experience new hope through this moving book. . . . Inspiring, encouraging, and mobilizing for people yearning for justice. Curtiss Paul DeYoung-- Bethel University A masterpiece! Dare We Speak of Hope? invites readers to embrace the question of hope in a world of injustice and oppression, disappointment and depression. In this beautifully written and powerfully persuasive volume, Boesak reasserts the power of hope when it emerges out of woundedness, struggle, and peacemaking. R. Simangaliso Kumalo-- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Allan Boesak, a great prophet and scholar, has done it again. This is a brilliant book on hope and politics. Nicholas Wolterstorff-- from foreword [An] eloquent, challenging, and deeply spiritual book.


Dwight N. Hopkins -- University of Chicago Divinity School I can hardly think of any other person in the world whose word and witness stand more unswervingly with the poor and the workers. Despite surface signs of progress, Allan Boesak reminds Christians and all people of decent hearts that hope emerges phoenix-like when the criterion for life is the life of the oppressed. Ulrich Duchrow -- University of Heidelberg Those who rejoiced in the victory of Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama and who were disappointed afterwards by the developments in their respective countries and worldwide will experience new hope through this moving book. . . . Inspiring, encouraging, and mobilizing for people yearning for justice. Curtiss Paul DeYoung -- Bethel University A masterpiece! Dare We Speak of Hope? invites readers to embrace the question of hope in a world of injustice and oppression, disappointment and depression. In this beautifully written and powerfully persuasive volume, Boesak reasserts the power of hope when it emerges out of woundedness, struggle, and peacemaking. R. Simangaliso Kumalo -- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Allan Boesak, a great prophet and scholar, has done it again. This is a brilliant book on hope and politics. Nicholas Wolterstorff -- from foreword [An] eloquent, challenging, and deeply spiritual book. Missionalia Here is another of Boesak s significant contributions to the development of a much needed political spirituality in South Africa. . . . This book is a timely reminder that human beings are not simply at the mercy of massive institutional forces but can continue in the way of the Old Testament prophets to speak truth to power in a time honoured tradition. Here we have an inspirational source of praxis. Journal of Church and State A welcome addition to the field of restorative justice.


Dwight N. Hopkins-- University of Chicago Divinity School I can hardly think of any other person in the world whose word and witness stand more unswervingly with the poor and the workers. Despite surface signs of progress, Allan Boesak reminds Christians and all people of decent hearts that hope emerges phoenix-like when the criterion for life is the life of the oppressed. Ulrich Duchrow-- University of Heidelberg Those who rejoiced in the victory of Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama and who were disappointed afterwards by the developments in their respective countries and worldwide will experience new hope through this moving book. . . . Inspiring, encouraging, and mobilizing for people yearning for justice. Curtiss Paul DeYoung-- Bethel University A masterpiece! Dare We Speak of Hope? invites readers to embrace the question of hope in a world of injustice and oppression, disappointment and depression. In this beautifully written and powerfully persuasive volume, Boesak reasserts the power of hope when it emerges out of woundedness, struggle, and peacemaking. R. Simangaliso Kumalo-- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Allan Boesak, a great prophet and scholar, has done it again. This is a brilliant book on hope and politics. Nicholas Wolterstorff-- from foreword [An] eloquent, challenging, and deeply spiritual book.


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Allan Aubrey Boesak is the first holder of the Desmond Tutu Chair for Peace, Global Justice, and Reconciliation Studies, a joint position at Butler University and Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis. His previous books include Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism and The Tenderness of Conscience: African Renaissance and the Spirituality of Politics.

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