Part I: Historical Perspectives on Hope.- Chapter 1. Hope in Ancient Greek Philosophy (G. Scott Gravlee).- Chapter 2. Early Christian Thinking on Hope (Martin I. Webber & Jacobus (Kobus) Kok).- Chapter 3. Hope as a Virtue in the Middle Ages (Andrew Pinsent).- Chapter 4. Enlightenment Views of Hope (Claudia Blöser).- Chapter 5. Post-Kantian to Postmodern Considerations of (Theological) Hope (Ronald T. Michener).- Part II: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Hope.- Chapter 6. Philosophy of Hope (Michael Milona).- Chapter 7. Hope in Theology (David Elliot).- Chapter 8. The Psychology of Hope: A Diagnostic and Prescriptive Account (Anthony Scioli).- Chapter 9. Hope in Economics (Emma Pleeging & Martijn Burger).- Chapter 10. Hope During Conflict (Oded Adomi Leshem & Eran Halperin).- Chapter 11. Hope in Health Care: A Synthesis of Review Studies (Erik Olsman).- Chapter 12. Ecological Hope (Michael S. Northcott).- Chapter 13. An Ontology of Human Flourishing: Economic Development and Epistemologies of Faith, Hope, and Love (Jan van Vliet).