HOPE: Philosophizing from Multi-horizons comprises the proceedings of the 47th National Annual Research Seminar of the Association of Christian Philosophers of India (ACPI), convened at St Joseph’s Interdiocesan Seminary, Jeppu, Mangalore, from 19 to 21 October 2024. In a world shadowed by despair, darkness, desolation, and despondency, hope emerges as the force that lends meaning and direction to human existence. The natural world itself yearns for this hope, inviting us to commit to ecological preservation, sustainable development, and a renewed harmony with Mother Earth. Given the pressing need of hope for humanity and the world at large, this volume sheds light on its significance in the context of the Jubilee Year 2025—a Year of Hope. The contributions gathered here are not just a set of academic essays; they form a symphonic dialogue across traditions, disciplines, and lived realities. They explore existential foundations, metaphysical frameworks, psycho-somatic dimensions, social and political praxis, transformative and integrative visions of hope. Each essay has its own insights and reflections, yet together they broaden our understanding of what it means to hope in our time. These discourses invite readers to discern the signs of hope and to derive or infuse hope into their human, cosmic, and divine realms.

Ivan D’Souza (ivanmiyar@gmail.com) is a catholic priest of the Diocese of Mangalore, Karnataka. He has done research on the Hermeneutics of Dvaita Vedanta of Madhva from Jnana-Deepa (JD), Pune, India. He has M.A. in Philosophy from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU); M.A. in Kannada Literature from University of Kuvempu, Shivamogga (Karnataka); M.Ph from JD, Pune. His areas of interest are Logic, Darsanas, Bhagavad-gita, World Religions and other subjects of Indian Philosophy. He has published a book and several scholarly articles in different journals and in edited books. At present he is the Director of St Joseph’s Institute of Philosophy, formator at St Joseph’s Seminary, Mangalore and Head of the Diocesan Chair in Christianity, Mangalore University.