Hope as Atmosphere

An Existential-phenomenological and Inter-cultural Study into the Phenomenon of Hope
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-525-56858-3
Verlag: Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 037, 149 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 378 g

Reihe: Religion, Theologie und Naturwissenschaft /Religion, Theology, and Natural Science

In this thesis, the phenomenon of fundamental hope is understood as atmosphere.
As a metaphor, hope as atmosphere finds a new expression of hope other than the light-metaphor that dominates the discourse of hope. Hope is not only the light that illuminates the dark moments of life, but also, more fundamentally, in the air, it lies in the sphere in-between and saturates each life experience and every living moment.
As an existential reality, hope as atmosphere reveals our hopeful way of atmospheric co-existence. Communal love constitutes the ground of this hopeful co-existence, it keeps the hopeful co-existence constantly refreshed and open, guaranteeing more possibilities of hope. On the basis of communal love, hopeful co-existence shows its ontological meaning as a way towards life.
The thesis of hope as atmosphere finds resonance and expression not only in Christian trinitarianly based understanding of hope, but also in the most central doctrine of co-humanity in Confucianism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wang, Xu

Aus der Au, Christina

Mühling, Markus

Weitere Mitwirkende

Aus der Au, Christina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Wang, Xu
Xu Wang is a researcher in the Institute of World Religions of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in China. In 2019 she was the prizewinner of Xiongwei Award for Young Scholars (Paper Award.

Aus der Au, Christina
Christina Aus der Au ist Dozentin für Religionen, Ethik und Politik an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Thurgau/Schweiz.