The Rev. Eric Markovich is pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Delta, Ohio.
Review: Ethics of Hope (Fortress, 2012).
January/February 2013: Hope and Anxiety (Volume 13 Issue 1)
From start to finish one can read Jurgen Moltmann’s Ethics of Hope as a call to action. His ethical expression feels very Lutheran. Like the explanation of the Ten Commandments in Luther’s Small Catechism, Moltmann focuses on what we are to do instead of what we should not do. Ethics in this sense is “the principles of conduct governing a person or group.