![]() ![]() We feared and continue to fear falling behind as the gap widens between the ultra-rich and the rest who are condemned to run frantically just to stay in the same place yet often cannot prevent falling behind. But even before the pandemic, we feared more than we hoped. ![]() As I write in summer 2020, the coronavirus pandemic gives the dominant shape to our anxieties. “No future” scenarios have become plausible to us. ![]() In the late 1960s, we were optimistic about the century’s hopes for the triumph of justice and something like universal peace, but that has given way to increasing pessimism. įear, more than hope, is characteristic of our time. You can listen here to podcast Part 1 and Part 2. This article is a shortened adaptation of a two-part “For the Life of the World” podcast on the theme of hope that YDS Professor Miroslav Volf posted in summer 2020, produced by the Yale Center for Faith & Culture. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |