OT Contributor Network: Spheres of Influence Podcast w/Dennis Sanders

On this episode of Spheres of Influence podcast our friend Dennis Sanders contests "Hope is something that is missing from American politics".

Andrew Donaldson June 5, 2021

On this episode of Spheres of Influence podcast our friend Dennis Sanders contests “Hope is something that is missing from American politics”.

https://embed.sounder.fm/play/154044

Hope is something that is missing from American politics. It was not found in the campaign and presidency of Donald Trump and oddly it isn’t found among his detractors. In this commentary, Dennis argues that if Trump and Trumpism is to be defeated, his enemies must have hope.

Show notes:

Theologies of Hope

Why politics needs hope (but no longer inspires it)

The world to come: A new politics of hope

A Political Hope

Why ‘thoughts and prayers’ is starting to sound so profane

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