A Theology of Gratitude

Part I. Gratitude and God; 1. Joyful recognition: debt, duty, and gratitude to God Miroslav Volf and Ryan McAnnally-Linz; 2. Islam and the Praxis of gratitude: Shukr from divine orientations to the structures of the social Martin Nguyen; 3. Gratitude in creation and in grace: One Protestant approach to the question of whether gratitude is a burden or a hope Tom Greggs; 4. When does a virtue become a vice? Gratitude as panacea and poison in Sufi ethics Atif Khalil; Part II. Gratitude and Humanity; 5. Gratitude: a virtue as vast as life itself? Robert Emmons; 6. Saying thank you in the checkout line, or, taking Thomas to Starbucks, or, gratitude in a money economy Peter J. Leithart; 7. The privilege of gratitude? Linn Marie Tonstad; 8. Gratitude, finitude, and divine providence: living thankfully in Schleiermacher and al-Ghazali Joshua Ralston; Part III. Gratitude and Society: 9. From resentment to gratitude: an essay on multiculturalism Mona Siddiqui; 10. Being black in Britain: a space for gratitude? Anthony Reddie; 11. 'Ungrateful Jews': the Roman empire and early Christian anti-Semitism Nathanael Vette; 12. Paying tribute: Cornel West's prophetic gratitude as social movement building and self-transcendence Joshua Forstenzer.