...Behind exile, irony, the four loves, and resistance is memory. Casablanca is a film about the power of memory, memory as a kind of resurrection of the dead, which then becomes a source of hope. Memory, one might argue, is the foundation of ethics and is central to the enduring...

...The third interlude shares a narrative from U.S. “coal country,” contending with the injustices realized by mountaintop removal coal mining. Specifically, this interlude addresses the possibility of hope’s impossibility: Could the ravaging of landscapes portend the utter hopelessness perpetuated...

...This chapter describes how hope and activism form an important part of the Christian faith commitment, and as Avery Dulles's work shows, such hope and activism entails a dynamic conversion in one's faith commitment. Looking at Dulles's work, it draws out a message of hope that can speak...

...Using Enrique Dussel’s prophetic narration of the Eucharistic conversion of Bartolomé de las Casas as a prism through which to consider Eucharistic practice shaped by the logic of late capitalism, this chapter offers an account of confession, hope, and justice in a consumer culture. It argues...

...This conclusion reflects on the theme of hope that runs throughout Michel Foucault’s work, including Discipline and Punish. It first considers the statement “we must hear the distant roar of battle” in the closing lines of Discipline and Punish, arguing...

.... In the end, there are no conditions that must be met before we can encounter God in the realm of experience, not even humility and hope. If the word “egology” designates the premise or assertion that the ego is the inevitable locus of meaning, then egology is the existential condition for idolatry. Endurance...

... to discern trustworthiness. Trust is therefore necessary to function well in society. This chapter examines trust and distrust and explains whom we can trust, whether we can trust the society to which we belong, whether to trust public institutions, and social trust as hope. trust asymmetrical...

...This chapter presents the story about a community's ritual life as it relates to organic and architectural structures. This particular narrative of tree blessings begins the year before the Ground of Hope conference is held at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Ground of Hope tree planting...

... relationships to help fill in many of the gaps created by Rorty’s emphasis on separating public and private discourses from competing within civic debate. Conversely with Buber, however, the danger is that the intoxication of redemptive hope can contribute to the collapse of the civic realm into personal...

...In Chapter 12, I approach John D. Caputo’s work as an argument for postmodern hope. Caputo is most well known for his interpretations of Jacques Derrida, yet his writings range from his early engagements with Heidegger’s work to his most recent discussions of Malabou and others. The chapter...

... of Berrigan to the Catholic Church and Catholic universities, and the degree to which, in very difficult contemporary times, Christian hope is still possible. Dorothy Day Thomas Merton Philip Berrigan Catonsville Nine Catholic universities Catholic Church Hope Saint Peter’s College Boston College...

... of values, this naturalistic model of African American religiosity inspires cultural critics, poets, and political leaders to conceive of new worlds, and to hope beyond what seems immediate and available by investing in our sacred humanity. religious naturalism black intellectualism religious naturalism...

...Recent theorizing in black studies, under the label Afro-pessimism, argues that hope for ending racial injustice is misguided. Racism is deeply woven into the metaphysics, or onto-theology, of the West—an argument that is made both through readings of philosophical texts and through empirical...

...-capitalist, non-statist version of the nation. It contends that utopianism, or critical hope, is more necessary than ever in times of political reaction. Cavell Stanley curiosity in literature Emerson Ralph Waldo Foucault Michel jouissance principle Matthiessen F O affirmative biopolitics American...

... because there have been other neopragmatist, and closely related, recent contributions to the realism debate. The neopragmatist contribution to the debate over the role of religion in the public sphere will also be briefly taken up. Finally, the concept of hope will be explored: Rorty’s deflationary...

.... Chrétien opens the path for an exploration of spirituality, of prayer, and of religious experiences of hope and memory. Religious and mystical thought receive new (philosophical) life and justification in Chrétien’s analyses, whether in uncovering a religious dimension of the call-response structure...

... to highlight a fragile hope for the future by interruption. It conducts a careful reading of Wyschogrod's text, specifically her analysis of the Kantian sublime and its Levinasian complement, to give expression to a “principle of hope” that funds her ethics of remembering in terms of a weak messianic force...

...This chapter presents an essay on the erosion of moral sensibility. It focuses on the experience of “turning” in people's lives with respect to hope and trust. These events often transform people's deepest sensibility and they are constitutive of a healing of the preternatural wounds that come...

... wallets—offers some limited hope. The information technology revolution is fraught with danger but it opens up possibilities for identity-formation, resistance, organization, and information-sharing that just might open a way forward. It can overcome classical problems of collective participation. Chomsky...