Christian Hope among Rivals: How Life-Organizing Stories Anticipate the End of Evil

Zeigler, Michael W.

ISBN 10: 1532604629 / ISBN 13: 9781532604621

Published by Pickwick Publications, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Christian Hope among Rivals: How Life-Organizing Stories Anticipate the End of Evil
• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532604629
• ISBN 13: 9781532604621
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Hope is a widespread, if not a universal, human experience. For centuries, followers of Jesus of Nazareth have ordered their lives around a central hope. How is their experience similar to or different from others who live by hope? This book seeks an answer in the idea that living by hope involves living within a peculiar story of the world--an incomplete story. The stories that shape these hopes are threatened by evil, however it may be defined. The hopeful struggle as characters caught up in plots that move toward resolution. They exercise an as-yet unverified hope that evil will not prevail. In this regard, the hope of Christians is similar to others. Yet, it is different because they wait for the God of Jesus to transform the world to match the promise he made to Abraham. To arrive at this conclusion, this book takes a detour through four model life-organizing stories. Christians and participants in other stories-of-the-world may not agree on the ultimate ground for hope. However, taking a detour into the hopeful experience of another may help uncover a place where rivals can stand together long enough to talk.

About the Author

Michael Zeigler lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and serves there as pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church and as adjunct instructor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary.