Philosophical Reflections on the Economic Crisis: From Absurdistan to Obscuristan

In his towering 1966 work "Theology of Hope," the Protestant theologian Jurgen Moltmann said hope sets us apart from the rest of creation so we can go beyond everything past and present in the power of the coming, the power of the promise. In the 19th century, the great existentialist Soren Kierkegaard said faith was a leap over seventy thousand fathoms of water while rejecting church dogmas that led to a comfortable Christianity and self-righteous hypocrisy. Enjoy this feast of ideas! Mind...