RT Article
T1 Advent Hope: Movements of Embodied Hope and the Common Good
JF Spes christiana
VO 33
IS 1
SP 101
OP 126
A1 Webster, John 1955-2016
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1838882928
AB What’s become of the "common good"? Given the current state of polarization, and the systemic and structural nature of social injustice, is it still possible to hope for justice? The article proposes that the basis for working together is not necessarily sharing "common ground" but a pursuit of "common ends." A keynote presentation and response at a Society of Adventist Philosophers conference provided an opportunity to test the thesis. Could a secular philosopher (Sally Haslanger, MIT professor, founder of Critical Social Theory) and an Adventist theologian engage in a serious common pursuit of hopeful change without stumbling over worldview differences? The article provides a case study in self-aware and self-critical conversation "across a divide." It asks, can "Advent Hope," rejecting the distortions of escapism, apocalyptic sensationalism, political quietism, and individualism, become a "movement of embodied hope," en route to the coming Kingdom of God?
DO 10.17613/8rxw-9633