Optimism, Hope, and Well-beingInterdisciplinary Cultural and Social StudiesTheological Perspectives and Practices
Lizette Nolte
2026.2.6Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy
Abstract
In this paper, hope is critically considered within the context of the persistent impact of colonisation, neoliberalism and rising fascism. The following question is asked: In these troubling times, can we, and should we, hope? The urgent case for hope is then made, before a more systemic, relational, decolonised hope is proposed as a viable way of doing hope together.
Citation format
NOLTE, Lizette. Doing hope in troubled times. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 2026, 47(1).