" A society which believes in a worthwhile future saves in the present so as to invest in the future. Contemporary Western society spends in the present and piles up debts for the future, ravages the environment, and leaves its grandchildren to cope with the results as best they can. One searches contemporary European literature in vain for evidence of hope for the future; rather, in Jürgen Moltmann’s words, it is characterized by cold despair, loss of vision, resignation, and cynicism. My "

― Lesslie Newbigin , The Gospel in a Pluralist Society