An Unpromising Hope: Finding Hope outside of Promise for an Agnostic Church and for Those of Us who Find it Hard to Believe - Couverture souple

Gaulke, Thomas R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1725296934 ISBN 13 : 9781725296930

Editeur : Pickwick Publications, 2021

Synopsis

Written in a theopoetic key, this book challenges Christian reliance on the motif of promise, especially where promise is regarded as a prerequisite for the experience of hope. It pursues instead an unpromising hope available to the agnostic or belief-fluid members and leaders of faith communities. The book rejects any theological judgement about doubt and hopelessness being sinful. It also rejects any hope which is grounded in a sense of Christian supremacy.
Chapter 1 focuses on Ernst Bloch’s antifascist concept of utopian surplus, putting Bloch in conversation with queer theorist José Esteban Muñoz and womanist theologian M. Shawn Copeland. Chapter 2 explores the saudadic and theopoetic hope of Rubem Alves. Chapter 3 turns to the womanist theologies of Delores Williams, Emilie Townes, and A. Elaine Brown Crawford. Finally, chapter 4 engages the post-colonial eschatology of Vítor Westhelle, framing hope as nearby in space, rather than nearby in time.
Each chapter offers an unpromising hope that may be tapped into by those who wish to affirm belief-fluidity in their own communities, and by those who wish to speak of hope honestly, whether or not, at any given moment, they believe in God or in the promises of a god.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

​Thomas R. Gaulke is a belief-fluid Lutheran pastor. From 2009-2023, he served communities in Bridgeport, Chicago's South Loop, and the Town of Cicero. With others, he cofounded and collaborated with neighborhood groups across Chicagoland, working to shut down dangerous polluters and provide public transit, occasionally co-teaching Public Church at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. In 2023, Tom followed his incredible spouse to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she was called to serve in public health. Tom is currently writing and enjoying fatherhood. He works in South Central Wisconsin as a rural and small-town community organizer. He is an on-call chaplain with The Black String Triage Ensemble in Milwaukee.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pickwick Publications
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1725296934
• ISBN 13: 9781725296930
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible