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"""This is a careful, accessible account of the latest thinking on the virtue of hope, full of everyday examples and illustrations, and a measured argument for the place of hope in the Christian life, illuminated by his own experience of grief and loss."" --Ross McCullough, assistant professor of theology, George Fox University ""Understanding Hope is essential in our day. Philip Smith's thought-provoking read explores the essentials of hope through the lenses of spiritual faith and psychology. The vivid examples included inspire a considered exploration of understanding hope. Smith provides a rich window into how this life of hope is lived out through the appendixes of his personal 'last walk' essays."" --Kristina Kays, professor of psychology, George Fox University"

"""""This is a careful, accessible account of the latest thinking on the virtue of hope, full of everyday examples and illustrations, and a measured argument for the place of hope in the Christian life, illuminated by his own experience of grief and loss."""" --Ross McCullough, assistant professor of theology, George Fox University """"Understanding Hope is essential in our day. Philip Smith's thought-provoking read explores the essentials of hope through the lenses of spiritual faith and psychology. The vivid examples included inspire a considered exploration of understanding hope. Smith provides a rich window into how this life of hope is lived out through the appendixes of his personal 'last walk' essays."""" --Kristina Kays, professor of psychology, George Fox University"

This is a careful, accessible account of the latest thinking on the virtue of hope, full of everyday examples and illustrations, and a measured argument for the place of hope in the Christian life, illuminated by his own experience of grief and loss. --Ross McCullough, assistant professor of theology, George Fox University Understanding Hope is essential in our day. Philip Smith's thought-provoking read explores the essentials of hope through the lenses of spiritual faith and psychology. The vivid examples included inspire a considered exploration of understanding hope. Smith provides a rich window into how this life of hope is lived out through the appendixes of his personal 'last walk' essays. --Kristina Kays, professor of psychology, George Fox University

This is a careful, accessible account of the latest thinking on the virtue of hope, full of everyday examples and illustrations, and a measured argument for the place of hope in the Christian life, illuminated by his own experience of grief and loss. --Ross McCullough, assistant professor of theology, George Fox University Understanding Hope is essential in our day. Philip Smith's thought-provoking read explores the essentials of hope through the lenses of spiritual faith and psychology. The vivid examples included inspire a considered exploration of understanding hope. Smith provides a rich window into how this life of hope is lived out through the appendixes of his personal 'last walk' essays. --Kristina Kays, professor of psychology, George Fox University

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Philip Smith is professor of philosophy at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. He is the author of The Virtue of Civility in the Practice of Politics (2002), Why Faith is a Virtue (2014), and two novels: The Heart of the Sea (2008) and Buying the Bangkok Girl (2013).

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