In the Year of Hope we aim, in this subject, to deepen our understanding of hope as both a theological virtue and an eschatological reality, fostering reflection on eternal life, the role of human hope, and the ultimate fulfillment in Christ.

1. Dynamics of the Virtue of Hope

2. The Content of Christian Hope: Christian Eschatology

3. The Reasonableness of Christian Hope

4. Human Hope as a Reflection of Theological Hope

ESSENTIAL READING

Pope Francis, Bull Spes Non Confundit, 9.5.2024. | VIEW

Pope Benedict XVI, Encyclical Letter Spe Salvi, 30.11.2007. | VIEW

Course Notes | VIEW

FURTHER READING

Josemaria Escriva, “The Christian’s Hope”, in Friends of God, 205-221. | VIEW

Josemaria Escriva, “Passionately Loving the World”, in Conversations, 113-123. | VIEW

Paul O’Callaghan, Christ Our Hope: An Introduction to Eschatology, (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 2011). 

Paul O’Callaghan, Christian Eschatology, (Rome: np, 2021). | VIEW

Scott Hahn and Emily Chapman, Hope to Die: The Christian Meaning of Death and the Resurrection of the Body, (Steubenville: Emmaus Road, 2020.