The browser you are using is not supported by this website. All versions of Internet Explorer are no longer supported, either by us or Microsoft (read more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Please use a modern browser to fully experience our website, such as the newest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari etc.

Profile photo of Jayne Svenungsson

Jayne Svenungsson

Researcher

Profile photo of Jayne Svenungsson

Hope in Dark Times : Theological Accounts of Hope as Critical Resources for Coping with Political Defeatism

Author

  • Jayne Svenungsson

Summary, in English

This article is a revised version of a keynote given at the 18th Nordic Conference on Systematic Theology: Hope in Dark Times, held in Stavanger on 10–13 January 2019. The aim of the article is to ponder how Jewish and Christian discourses on hope can contribute in a critical way to contemporary political and philosophical discussions of hope. Taking its cue from the biblical idea of messianic redemption, the first part of the article describes how this idea throughout history has been interpreted in both restorative and apocalyptic ways. In the second part, these various tendencies are related to the contemporary political situation and to current politico-philosophical debates on hope. Finally, the article addresses the intricate question of what to hope for in a time of rising populism and reemerging xenophobic and antisemitic tendencies.

Department/s

  • Studies in Faith and World Views

Publishing year

2019

Language

Swedish

Pages

193-206

Publication/Series

Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift

Volume

95

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Svensk teologisk kvartalsskrift

Topic

  • Religious Studies

Keywords

  • hope
  • biblical legacy
  • political theology
  • apocalypticism
  • messianism

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0039-6761