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This essay is concerned with Ricoeur's phenomenology of hope. It is not just an objective reconstruction of the French philosopher's views, but an essay in which I attempt to demonstrate that the tension between religion and philosophy is positive and productive. Philosophical reason, guided by hope, performs a critical hermeneutics of the human entanglement with evil, bringing out those moments that indicate the primacy of hope over despair or stagnation. An example of this is the story of the fall of man from Genesis. Ricoeur argues that it is not tragic in nature, but rather carries in it a sense of opening, promising. Sin, suffering, death are subjects of Ricoeur's particular attention. Therefore, in essence, hope concerns the religious dimension – Christ.