From Misery to Hope

Joe Egan taught theology in Liberia and Sierra Leone during the 1990s, at a time of civil unrest in both countries. He currently teaches at the Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy in Dublin, where his research is focused on the interaction between faith and culture in contemporary society. He is the author of The Godless Delusion: Dawkins and the Limits of Human Sight (Peter Lang, 2009) and co-editor (with Patrick Claffey) of Movement or Moment? Assessing Liberation Theology Forty Years after Medellín (Peter Lang, 2009).

• Contents: An Abyss of Human Misery – The Policeman with Tear Gas and the Ambiguity of the Human Condition – «Lord, Where Are You?» In Search of the Absent God – God in the Experience of Godforsakenness – Feasting with God in the Abyss – Liturgy as a Power for Emancipation in an Unjust World – Forgiveness on the Way to Justice and Reconciliation – Abyss of Christian Hope.

«‘From Misery to Hope’ is a profound and timely study of the perennial theological quest to find God in the midst of human suffering.» (Michael McCabe, SMA, Tangaza College, Nairobi)«A model for how theology should be practised following the atrocities of the twentieth century.» (James Corkery, SJ, Milltown Institute, Dublin)