Brekus, CatherineBloor, SherahLewis, James Arnold2023-07-052023-05Lewis, James Arnold. 2023. Real Hope: How Love Can Lift Us All. Master's thesis, Harvard Divinity School.https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37376357In this faith autobiography, the author uses the funeral of his newly discovered brother as a platform from which he brings the reader along on a journey that highlights how he found hope, his purpose, his faith, and the meaning of family to rise above early circumstances that included abuse, neglect, and abandonment. He highlights in his work how lovingkindness can beget hope, and how hope can enable lovingkindness. Central to this work is the theme that we are all able to show and to share love through our words and our actions. Throughout our lifetime, we can daily make the choice to do so.en-USLoveFaithHopeFamilyAbuseFosterThesis or Dissertation2023-07-05