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Symposium on Hope in a Secular Age

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How Democratic is Dionysian Hierarchy?

Series: Symposium on Hope in a Secular Age
Eva Braunstein
February 4, 2026

If ecclesiastical or clerical hierarchy is modeled on that of the heavens, on what authority could an ordinary person dispute this power arrangement, modify it, or dissent from it?

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Introduction to Symposium on Hope in a Secular Age

Series: Symposium on Hope in a Secular Age
Devin Singh and Rick Elgendy
January 21, 2026February 4, 2026

Hope thrives not in certainty but in the creative tension of becoming—a disciplined assertion that even amidst dislocation, the potential for renewal persists.

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Disciplines of Hope in a Secular Age

Series: Symposium on Hope in a Secular Age
Ted Vial
January 21, 2026

For Newheiser, Dionysus and Derrida stay in the tension, which gives us the hope that is needed in our political as well as existential situations

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