Allan Aubrey Boesak is the first holder of the Desmond Tutu Chair for Peace, Global Justice, and Reconciliation Studies, a joint position at Butler University and Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis. His previous books include Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism and The Tenderness of Conscience: African Renaissance and the Spirituality of Politics.
Studies in Christian Ethics
"What Boesak offers is a thoroughly theological, and ultimately
Christological, account of hope that promises to shape and sustain
political engagement in the pursuit of 'justice, peace, and
equity.'" Englewood Review of Books
"An important work for followers of Christ who wonder if the
political processes and systems we engage are beyond redemption.
Boesak's reflections offer readers an opportunity to recover a
sense of how real hope, properly placed, might inspire and
transform God's people." Dwight N. Hopkins
-- University of Chicago Divinity School
"I can hardly think of any other person in the world whose word and
witness stand more unswervingly with the poor and the workers.
Despite surface signs of progress, Allan Boesak reminds Christians
and all people of decent hearts that hope emerges phoenix-like when
the criterion for life is the life of the oppressed." Ulrich
Duchrow
-- University of Heidelberg
"Those who rejoiced in the victory of Nelson Mandela and Barack
Obama and who were disappointed afterwards by the developments in
their respective countries and worldwide will experience new hope
through this moving book. . . . Inspiring, encouraging, and
mobilizing for people yearning for justice." Curtiss Paul
DeYoung
-- Bethel University
"A masterpiece! Dare We Speak of Hope? invites readers to embrace
the question of hope in a world of injustice and oppression,
disappointment and depression. In this beautifully written and
powerfully persuasive volume, Boesak reasserts the power of hope
when it emerges out of woundedness, struggle, and peacemaking." R.
Simangaliso Kumalo
-- University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
"Allan Boesak, a great prophet and scholar, has done it again. This
is a brilliant book on hope and politics." Nicholas
Wolterstorff
-- from foreword
"[An] eloquent, challenging, and deeply spiritual book." Ponderings
on a Faith Journey
"If we want to engage in a struggle that truly changes the reality
for those on the margins, then we would be wise to consider the
wisdom of Allan Boesak, a wisdom forged in the struggle for human
dignity and justice. . . . We need guides like Boesak, if we are to
understand the relationship of our faith to our politics -- that we
might be harbingers of hope." Missionalia
"Here is another of Boesak's significant contributions to the
development of a much needed political spirituality in South
Africa. . . . This book is a timely reminder that human beings are
not simply at the mercy of massive institutional forces but can
continue in the way of the Old Testament prophets to speak truth to
power in a time honoured tradition. Here we have an inspirational
source of praxis." Journal of Church and State
"A welcome addition to the field of restorative justice."
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