Thomas R. Gaulke

An Unpromising Hope (eBook, ePUB)

Finding Hope outside of Promise for an Agnostic Church and for Those of Us who Find it Hard to Believe

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 Jose Esteban Munoz 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 Vitor 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781725296947
• Artikelnr.: 62718197

Autorenporträt

Thomas R. Gaulke is a belief-fluid Lutheran pastor, serving in Chicago since 2009. Working in community, he has co-founded 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, Tom is currently the pastor to Gethsemane Lutheran in Cicero, and the Clergy Organizer for the People's Lobby.