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Winter 2008 |Volume 26, Issue 4
Signs of hope
In this issue of Comment we have asked several of our contributors to explore various aspects of hope—to write about movements of hope in Protestant and Catholic Christianity; to explore possibilities for hope in China and in the relationship of North American political communities to their Muslim citizens; and, in our symposium, to tell us of signs of hope they are noticing.
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- Annunciation
Poem
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- Annunciation
Poem
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- Home For Christmas: Zanesville, 1972
Poem
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- Surviving Christmas
Poem
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- A Wesleyan Strain
Poem
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- Editorial: High Wire Hope
David Simon's effort to imaginatively portray the complexities of contemporary life in his television series The Wire (my favourite piece of television in a long, long time) is understood by Elijah Anderson as ultimately cynical and by Jacob Weisberg as ultimately hopeful. It is difficult to seriously talk about the complexities of the heartbreaking world in which we live without appearing cynical. And yet, even the most gimlet-eyed and hard-bitten of us yearn for hope.
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- 2008 Comment Manifesto
Comment is a journal of public opinion bringing Christian voices to the dialogue in the public sphere, seeking the common good.
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- Signs of hope: a "Comment" symposium
Comment asked regular contributors to tell us of signs of hope they see in their daily work, in the spheres of culture where they are most active, or in the world at large. What follows is their observations and reflections. —The Editors
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- Faith is not real to them—now what?
Father Luigi Giussani founded a worldwide Catholic lay movement that relives the unity and intensity of the apostles—in the midst of ordinary, work-day life.
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- Signs of hope in China
Understanding the dangers and opportunities of the Central Kingdom.
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- Can we hope for a neocalvinist-neopuritan dialogue?
Forging a public theology relevant for our times.
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- Annie Levy: Giving life by taking pictures
Fourth in a Comment series on under-appreciated artists.
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- Making room for Muslims
It would be a sign of hope for Christians to take the lead in making room for Muslims out of Christian conviction.
Contributors to this Issue
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Aaron Belz Aaron Belz is a poet and essayist who has published work across a spectrum of journals. Bio -
Alissa Wilkinson Alissa Wilkinson is assistant professor of English and humanities at The King's College in NYC, and chief film critic at Christianity Today. Bio -
Bob Metcalf Bob Metcalf has served as an Adjunct Law Professor in Beijing for most of the past decade. Bio -
Brett Foster Brett Foster is the author of a book of poetry, The Garbage Eater (Triquarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 2011). Bio -
Clifford Blake Anderson Clifford Blake Anderson is Curator of Reformed Research Collections in the Princeton Theological Seminary Library. Bio -
Franz Wright Franz Wright's most recent works includes Walking to Martha's Vineyard, which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Bio -
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Gregory Wolfe Gregory Wolfe is the publisher and editor of Image and director of the MFA in Creative Writing program at Seattle Pacific University. Bio -
Janet Ajzenstat Janet Ajzenstat is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Bio
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Scott Cairns Scott Cairns is a writer (poetry, essays, fictions, etc) who is obsessed with the generative matter of words. Bio -
Stephen Lazarus Stephen Lazarus is the Program Director for NextGEN & Learning Communities at think tank Cardus. Bio
