Time for Hope: Practices for Living in Today's World

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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.

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'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, Chair and Professor of Religious Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, and author of Sweet Dreams in America and After Empire -- Sharon D. Welch * Blurb from reviewer *
'In this powerful tale of time, hope and what makes humans tick, Keshgegian rescripts the Christian narrative of history.... With profound compassion, she translates messianic endslike justice, peace and freedominto present values. An important contribution to the reconstruction of eschatology, warm, wise and accessible to students of theology, religion and life - at every level.' -Catherine Keller, Professor of Constructive Theology, Drew University, and author of The Face of the Deep and God and Power -- Catherine Keller * Blurb from reviewer *

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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.