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Norman Wirzba

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Duke University, Theology, Philosophy, Environmental Humanities, guitar, cake

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Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social · May 6

"Wirzba’s book finds its strength in its lack of naivete." —Englewood Review of Books on Love's Braided Dance, now 50% off at yalebooks.com.

Norman Wirzba - Love's Braided Dance [Feature Review] - The Englewood Review of Books

Feature Review of Love's Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis by Norman Wirzba (Yale University Press, 2024) Reviewed by Justin Cober-Lake

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Justin Cober-Lake @justinc-l.bsky.social · Apr 24

"Hope ... is a scarce commodity, but under Wirzba’s rubric, hope is neither scarce nor a commodity, as long as we understand what it truly is, and are willing to cultivate it." My review of @nwirzba.bsky.social's *Love's Braided Dance*:
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Norman Wirzba - Love's Braided Dance [Feature Review] - The Englewood Review of Books

Feature Review of Love's Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis by Norman Wirzba (Yale University Press, 2024) Reviewed by Justin Cober-Lake

englewoodreview.org

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Anna Pinckney Straight @apstraight.bsky.social · Mar 23

Welcoming @nwirzba.bsky.social to First Presbyterian Church, New Bern. What a good day!

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Gratia Léger @gratialeger.bsky.social · Mar 5

What a refreshing passage. I have known this all my life, but am constantly chivvied for not buying into the American cult of optimism.
From Norman Wirzba, Love’s Braided Dance

Hope and optimism are not the same thing. In fact, optimism often works against hope because it does bot sufficiently acknowledge or protest against the injustices that currently degrade and destroy life. As the literary and cultural critic Terry Eagleton has persuasively argued, optimists tend to be rather conservative in their outlook and all too accepting of the status quo. They put their trust in the “essential soundness of the present” and do not have the creativity or energy to work for a more praiseworthy future. There can be a fundamental blindness, even dishonesty, in the cheery optimist’s outlook because it dies not properly name or adequately account for the injustices of the past or present.

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Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology @religion-ecology.bsky.social · Mar 2

Congratulations to @nwirzba.bsky.social for this well-deserved award celebrating his wonderful book, Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis.

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Norman Wirzba @nwirzba.bsky.social · Jan 17

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Facing the future together: The difference between hope and optimism — and why it matters - ABC Religion & Ethics

Whereas an optimist’s life is easy because so little is expected of them, a hopeful life is hard because it depends on people committing themselves to link hands and hearts with others in the creation...

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Norman Wirzba @nwirzba.bsky.social · Jan 16

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Hope as an act of love

Theologian Norman Wirzba’s account of hope is compelling precisely because it is so grounded in harsh...

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Norman Wirzba @nwirzba.bsky.social · Jan 13

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Opinion | The Old World Is Breaking Down. A New One Is Breaking Through.

Four trends are converging to make life much scarier.

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Norman Wirzba @nwirzba.bsky.social · Jan 8

Come along! kenan.ethics.duke.edu/event/loves-...

“Love's Braided Dance” — A Book Launch Event - The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics for a book launch event for a new book by Norman Wirzba, “Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis.” From the publisher: […]

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collin cornell @collincornell.bsky.social · Dec 26

i can’t find the two cities podcast on here but this interview w @nwirzba.bsky.social was excellent, i recommend!

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Episode #257 - Hope in the Time of Crisis with Professor Norman Wirzba

Podcast Episode · The Two Cities · 12/25/2024 · 57m

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Norman Wirzba @nwirzba.bsky.social · Dec 18

Mark your calendars! @dukedivinity.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social kenan.ethics.duke.edu/event/loves-...

“Love's Braided Dance” — A Book Launch Event - The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics for a book launch event for a new book by Norman Wirzba, “Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis.” From the publisher: […]

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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · Dec 12

On a NEW EPISODE of the Commonweal podcast, @nwirzba.bsky.social explains why hope is not something we can have, but an action we need to perform.
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