Driven by Hope (Paperback). This item is unavailable.Driven by Hope (Paperback)

Paperback. Driven by Hope focuses on the central human experience of hope.In particular, it seeks to further a dialogue on this theme betweentheology and economics but it also contains input from philosophy andpsychology. The volume is the result of an international conference onthe theme. The first chapter describes hope as a phenomenon with sevendimensions it also introduces the Hopebarometer 1.0, a psychometricinstrument to measure these dimensions. The other thirteen chapters ofthe book are grouped in three parts. The first part, EconomicPerspectives, focuses on the question how the study of hope can beappropriated more fully in the discipline of economics. The second part,Theological Perspectives, investigates hope from a theological pointof view, and seeks to integrate this with an economic understanding ofhope. The third and last part, Case Studies, focuses on the role ofhope in specific practices. Driven by Hope focuses on the central human experience of hope. In particular, it seeks to further a dialogue on this theme between theology and economics - but it also contains input from philosophy and psychology. The volume is the result of an international conference on the theme. The first chapter describes hope as a phenomenon Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…