This article outlines a socially-engaged theology that retrieves hope as an essential theological concept. The argument focuses not so much on the specific orientation that a socially engaged theology might take, but more on its motives. Here two notions of hope need to be distinguished: the hope that is future-oriented (hoping that . . .) and the act of hoping as a mode of being in the world (to live in hope or hopefully). The first type of hope is derivative of the second, which means that the act of hoping acquires a hermeneutical privilege over the hope directed to the future. Furthermore, the distinction between ‘hoping that . . .’ and ‘living in hope’ highlights the difference between—with St. Paul—the old person and the new person who understands everything in a new light. This difference is articulated in terms of a productive dissatisfaction rooted in a life lived by faith by hope. Hope thereby turns faith into an ecstatic stance. It is this ecstasy endowed by hope that joins faith—and theology as faith’s companion—to dedicated engagement with the world.

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在应许与狂喜之间：希望作为参与神学的主题

本文概述了一种社会参与的神学，它将希望作为一个基本的神学概念。争论的重点不是社会参与神学可能采取的具体方向，而是更多地关注其动机。这里需要区分两种希望的概念：面向未来的希望（希望……）和希望作为一种存在于世界的方式（生活在希望中或充满希望中）。第一种希望是第二种希望的衍生物，这意味着希望的行为比指向未来的希望获得了解释学上的特权。此外，'希望'之间的区别。. .' 和“生活在希望中”突出了圣保罗旧人和以新的眼光理解一切的新人之间的区别。这种差异体现在一种生产性的不满，这种不满源于一种因信仰而生活的希望。希望从而将信仰变成了狂喜的姿态。正是这种被希望赋予的狂喜与信仰——以及作为信仰伴侣的神学——一起致力于与世界的接触。