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Goudzwaard, B.

Hope in troubled times : a new vision for confronting global crises / Bob Goudzwaard, Mark Vander Vennen, and David Van Heemst ; foreword by Desmond M. Tutu. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2007. - 254 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-241) and index.

Contents: Part 1. Setting the Stage --
In the Shadows of Progress --
Myth, Ideology, and Idolatry --
Ideologies That Spearhead Radical Change --
Segue 1. Fear, Longing, and Trust --
Part 2. Contemporary Ideologies in Action --
Identity Unleashed --
Material Progress and Prosperity Unshackled --
Guaranteed Security --
Segue 2. Two Paths before Us --
Part 3. Ominous Spirals --
Colliding Ideologies --
Globalization --
Segue 3. The Rise of Social Paradoxes and Structural Violence --
Part 4. Hope Awakens Life --
Widening Ways of Economy, Justice, and Peace.

ISBN: 9780801032486 (pbk.) 0801032482 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2006038840

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Globalization--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Ideology--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian sociology.

LC Class. No.: BR 115 .G59 / G87 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 261.8