Our churches and our country long for an expression of common hope. Over the last century, venerable voices in affirmation of a common faith and a common ground have been lifted and heard in Boston, such as those of John Dewey and Howard Thurman. The Dean of Marsh Chapel, Robert Allan Hill, has preached on themes related to a common hope since 2006. Hill has lifted the theology of hope, of a common hope, at the marrow of the gospel. We cherish our forebears, who taught about a common faith and preached a common ground. In church and culture today in America, it is the prospect of a lasting, sturdy, shared hope, more purple than either blue or red, for which we hunger. The sermons about a common hope collected here were preached at the Chautauqua Institution in August of 2017.
About the author
Robert Allan Hill is the dean of Marsh Chapel, a professor of New Testament and pastoral theology at Boston University, and the author of seventeen books. Since 1981, he has taught at institutions including Mc Gill University, Syracuse University, Lemoyne College, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Northeastern Seminary, United Seminary, and in various church settings. His weekly sermon can be heard live at Marsh Chapel on Sundays at 11 a.m. ET, and around the globe at bu.edu/chapel.