Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times
With emphasis on its spiritual and religious dimensions, Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times, is a compelling compilation of thirty-two essays exploring the nature of hope. Julie Neraas draws from a wide range of sources, offering many different ways to think about hope. She considers hope's relationship with faith, the human imagination, and community; distinguishes authentic hope from optimism and false hope, and draws upon her own experience with chronic illness, as well as what she has learned from places where hope is tested. Additionally, she addresses contemporary questions about where we can look for sources of hope in turbulent times.

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Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times
With emphasis on its spiritual and religious dimensions, Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times, is a compelling compilation of thirty-two essays exploring the nature of hope. Julie Neraas draws from a wide range of sources, offering many different ways to think about hope. She considers hope's relationship with faith, the human imagination, and community; distinguishes authentic hope from optimism and false hope, and draws upon her own experience with chronic illness, as well as what she has learned from places where hope is tested. Additionally, she addresses contemporary questions about where we can look for sources of hope in turbulent times.

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Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times

Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times

by Julie E. Neraas
Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times

Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times

by Julie E. Neraas

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With emphasis on its spiritual and religious dimensions, Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times, is a compelling compilation of thirty-two essays exploring the nature of hope. Julie Neraas draws from a wide range of sources, offering many different ways to think about hope. She considers hope's relationship with faith, the human imagination, and community; distinguishes authentic hope from optimism and false hope, and draws upon her own experience with chronic illness, as well as what she has learned from places where hope is tested. Additionally, she addresses contemporary questions about where we can look for sources of hope in turbulent times.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780806657646
Publisher: 1517 Media
Publication date: 01/12/2009
Series: Living Well
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.90(d)

About the Author

Julie E. Neraas is a Presbyterian pastor, Spiritual Director, and a professor in the Graduate Liberal Studies program at Hamline University, where she has taught since 1991.

Table of Contents

Prologue
Part One: The Nature of Hope
Part Two: Threats to Hope
Part Three: Hope's Siblings: Truth, Faith, Meaning
Part Four: Aids To Hope and Sources of Hope
Questions for Reflection and Discussion

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