Interdisciplinary Perspectives on HopeHope is an aspect of human existence that appears increasingly significant in our modern world. However, what hope is, how it works, and why it is important continue to be debated, with different approaches to hope evident within different fields. This anthology of hope is unique in that it features contributions from many seminal writers and researchers across a wide range of disciplines, and thus offers multiple perspectives on this important and complex phenomenon. Hope is viewed through the lenses of theology, philosophy, politics, psychology, nursing, and medicine, with authors covering the histories and possible futures of hope and hope research. Encompassing the theoretical and the practical, the societal and the personal, this book will be a valuable resource to those commencing or conducting research into hope, and an enjoyable and insightful read for those wishing to know more about the state of hope today. |
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Theology | 47 |
Hoping for the Best Christian Theology of Hope in the Meaner Australia Andrew Dutney | 49 |
Philosophy | 61 |
Getting Clear What Hope Is Barbara V Numm | 63 |
Politics | 79 |
The Place of Hope in Responsible Political Practice Bernard P Dauenhauer | 81 |
Psychology | 99 |
Nursing | 167 |
State of the Science of Hope in Nursing Practice Hope the Nurse and the Patient Kaye Herth | 169 |
Medicine | 213 |
Measurement of Hope and Associated Neuropsychiatry Dimensions by the Computerized Content Analysis of Speech and Verbal Texts Louis A Gotts... | 215 |
The Place of Hope in Clinical Medicine Mary A Brooksbank and Eric J Cassell | 231 |
Bioethical Implications of Hope Ian N Olver | 241 |
Conclusion | 257 |
Hope The Simplicity and Complexity Ronna Fay Jevne | 259 |
Hope Theory History and Elaborated Model CR Snyder Jennifer S Cheavens and Scott T Michael | 101 |
The Correlates of Hope Psychological and Physiological Benefits Jennifer S Cheavens Scott T Michael and CR Snyder | 119 |
Hope as Rhetoric Cultural Narratives of Wishing and Coping James R Averill and Louise Sundararajan | 133 |
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