The Future of Hope <subTitle>Christian Tradition Amid Modernity and Postmodernity</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Volf, Miroslav</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Editor</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">3:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.K</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.</publisher> <dateIssued>2004</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>235tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, illustrations</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The Future of Hope offers a powerful critique of today's stifling cultural climate and shows why the vision of hope central to Christian faith must be a basic component of any flourishing society. The first section of the book sets the context with telling cultural criticism of modernity. The second section focuses on affinities between premodern Christian visions of hope and twentieth-century thought. The final section of the book examines the relationship between postmodern thought, Christian tradition, and biblical hope, addressing how Christians in a postmodern world can best articulate their faith...</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Miroslav Volf</note> <subject> <topic>Evangelicalism -- Congresses</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Hope -- Religious aspects -- Christianity</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Modernism (Christian theology)</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">234.25</classification> <classification authority="ddc">M676-V90</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780802827524, 0802827527</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/12846/fu.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/12846/fu.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071200.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>