Disruptive Grace Reflections on God, Scripture, and the Church

Informationen zum Autor Walter Brueggemann was William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary until his death in 2025. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is still regarded as the premier Old Testament interpreter and biblical theologian. Among his many publications are Prophetic Imagination and Old Testament Theology Klappentext Walter Brueggemann has been one of the leading voices in Hebrew Bible interpretation for decades. His landmark works in Old Testament theology have inspired and informed a generation of students, scholars, and preachers. These chapters gather his recent addresses and essays, never published before, drawn from all three parts of the Hebrew BibleTorah, prophets, and writingsand addressing the role of the Hebrew canon in the life of the church. Brueggemann turns his critical erudition to those practicesprophecy, lament, prayer, faithful imagination, and a holy economicsthat alone may usher in a humane and peaceful future for our cities and our world, in defiance of the most ruthless aspects of capitalism, the arrogance of militarism, and the disciplines of the national security state.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Walter Brueggemann, Walter/ Sharp Brueggemann, Carolyn J. Sharp, Carolyn J Sharp
• Con la collaborazione di: Carolyn J. Sharp (Editore), Carolyn J Sharp (Editore)
• Editore: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.01.2011
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Ebraismo
• EAN: 9780800697945
• ISBN: 978-0-8006-9794-5
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Categorie: Christentum; Judentum; RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament; RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament; Religion - Commentaries / Reference