Historical and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Hope /

This open access volume makes an important contribution to the ongoing research on hope theory by combining insights from both its long history and its increasing multi-disciplinarity. In the first part, it recognizes the importance of the centuries-old reflection on hope by offering historical pers...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	van den Heuvel, Steven C. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:	1st ed. 2020.
Subjects:	Positive psychology. Ethics. Religion and sociology. Theology. Schools of economics. Positive Psychology. Moral Philosophy. Sociology of Religion. Christian Theology. Heterodox Economics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Part I: Historical Perspectives on Hope
Chapter 1. Hope in Ancient Greek Philosophy (G. Scott Gravlee)
Chapter 2. Early Christian Thinking on Hope (Martin I. Webber and Jacobus (Kobus) Kok)
Chapter 3. Hope as a Virtue in the Middle Ages (Andrew Pinsent)
Chapter 4. Enlightenment Views of Hope (Claudia Blöser)
Chapter 5. Post-Kantian to Postmodern Considerations of (Theological) Hope (Ronald T. Michener)
Part II: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Hope
Chapter 6. Philosophy of Hope (Michael Milona)
Chapter 7. Hope in Theology (David Elliot)
Chapter 8. The Psychology of Hope: A Diagnostic and Prescriptive Account (Anthony Scioli)
Chapter 9. Hope in Economics (Emma Pleeging and Martijn Burger)
Chapter 10. Hope During Conflict (Oded Adomi Leshem and Eran Halperin)
Chapter 11. Hope in Health Care: A Synthesis of Review Studies (Erik Olsman)
Chapter 12. Ecological Hope (Michael S. Northcott)
Chapter 13. An Ontology of Human Flourishing: Economic Development and Epistemologies of Faith, Hope, and Love (Jan van Vliet).