How do we hope in the face of modernity's failure and
postmodernity's absence of foundations? How do we hope when the
future seems fearful and no clear way forward appears? How do we
hope when despair, indifference, and cynicism dominate the psychic
landscape of English-speaking North America? In dialogue with
theologians of the cross George Grant and Douglas John Hall, this
book unmasks the failure of hope in our time and the vacuum of
meaning that remains. As an exercise in the theology of the cross,
Waiting at the Foot of the Cross explores the North American
context as one in which true hope is discovered only when life's
negations are engaged from a posture of waiting trust. Such hope is
not passive or blind. Rather, it is attentive, active, open, and
spiritually grounded in the One who meets us when all hope is
spent. The final chapter proposes a way toward hope for today that
inspires subversive resilience in the face of the ambiguities and
vicissitudes of life. Readers interested in the theology of the
cross, in thinking theologically in our time and place, and those
interested in the character of Christian hope will find this book
compelling. "Pamela McCarroll makes an eloquent plea for North
American Christians to commit a subversive and countercultural act.
Her creative application of the theology of the cross effectively
reinterprets our primary vocation in terms of waiting in hope, open
to a hidden God whom we cannot master. This book is important for
all who are caught in systems of modernity that limit hope to what
we can imagine." --Sarah Travis, Adjunct Professor of Homiletics,
Knox College, University of Toronto, Canada "Waiting at the Foot of
the Cross is a compelling invitation to reconsider the theology of
the cross in a North American context through the complementary
lenses of George Grant and Douglas John Hall. Far more than simply
a recapitulation of Grant and Hall, however, the discussion turns
over new theological ground and offers a thick account of hope as
'waiting' that is both prophetic and consoling. McCarroll has
written an important and timely book." --Thomas E. Reynolds,
Associate Professor of Theology, Emmanuel College, University of
Toronto, Canada "Her focus is 'hope at the end of hope' when crises
of violence, poverty, and ecological devastation threaten as never
before. Elaborating Grant's and Hall's criticism of technological
mastery, she proposes a theology and practice of hope which is the
converse of mastery, which both waits and acts, in a posture of
trust and openness to the God of the cross. An important
contribution to North American theology today " --Harold Wells,
Professor Emeritus, Systematic Theology, Emmanuel College,
University of Toronto, Canada "Ultimately, McCarroll envisions
practices of a hope that waits at the foot of the cross. Hers is a
crucial word for the once-mainline-church in a postmodern world."
--David Schnasa Jacobsen, Professor of the Practice of Homiletics
and Director of the Homiletical Theology Project, Boston University
School of Theology "McCarroll's unique contribution shines through
as she advances 'waiting at the foot of the cross' as a posture of
receptivity that eschews easy cynicism while anticipating a hope
not seduced by the official optimism symptomatic of American
exceptionalism. A must read " --Allen Jorgenson, Assistant
Professor of Systematic Theology, Assistant Dean, Waterloo Lutheran
Seminary, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo Ontario. Pamela R.
McCarroll is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Director
of Field Education at Knox College in the University of Toronto.
She is certified as a Teaching Supervisor by the Canadian
Association of Spiritual Care (CASC) and ordained in the
Presbyterian Church in Canada. Pam's interest in hope grows out of
her clinical work in spiritual care and her yearning to think and
live the faith amidst rapid changes in church and public life.
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