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Hopeism
Uppsala universitet, Religionsfilosofi.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6313-1209
2022 (English)In: Studia Theologica, ISSN 0039-338X, E-ISSN 1502-7791, Vol. 76, no 2, p. 172-192Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Philosophers of religion have traditionally focused their attention on belief in God and assessed such belief in terms of it having some epistemic status like“rationality” or “probability”, or indeed by determining whether or not it constitutes knowledge. In this paper, I focus my attention on the non-doxastic attitude of hope and formulate reasons for whether or not we should hope for God. In light of these reasons, I formulate hopeism as a research programme according to which we should develop concepts of God by starting with the question of what type of being would be worthy of our utmost hope. I compare this view with belief-based concepts of God, such as perfect being theism and what I call worship-worthiness theism. Arguably, the greatest benefit of choosing hopeism is that it is inclusive. Most atheists as well as agnostics and theists can endorse the view. I also suggest a number of directions in which hopeism can be developed.

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Taylor & Francis , 2022. Vol. 76, no 2, p. 172-192
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-42898DOI: 10.1080/0039338X.2021.1954084ISI: 000675547000001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-42898DiVA, id: diva2:1791509
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Swedish Research CouncilAvailable from: 2023-08-25 Created: 2023-08-25 Last updated: 2023-08-25Bibliographically approved

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