The Word That Redescribes the World: The Bible and DiscipleshipIn the last several years, Walter Brueggemann's writings have directly addressed the situation of Christian communities in today's globalized context, with its consumerist lifestyles, vast inequalities, and near-imperial exercises of power. His insights, forged in rugged encounters with the texts of the Old Testament, are sharp, painful, and indispensable. In the people Israel Brueggemann finds a model of an alternative community - anchored in YHWH, ever exploring new possibilities, and prophetically bent against empire. Part I: The Word Redescribing the World Part II: The Word Redefining the Possible Part III: The Word Shaping a Community of Discipleship |
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... dominant metanarrative of our society. One function of redescription is to protest against that initial description and to insist that the initial presentation of reality is not an adequate or trustworthy account. The initial descrip ...
... dominant metanarrative of our society. One function of redescription is to protest against that initial description and to insist that the initial presentation of reality is not an adequate or trustworthy account. The initial descrip ...
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... dominant description of our world , that is , according to the usual modes of belated capitalism — yields no energy for mission . When one pays attention to the text , it is clear that we are , in reading as in acting , summoned beyond ...
... dominant description of our world , that is , according to the usual modes of belated capitalism — yields no energy for mission . When one pays attention to the text , it is clear that we are , in reading as in acting , summoned beyond ...
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... Dominant Script A fresh reconsideration is a requirement ( 1 ) because of our awareness , fresh awareness , of the problematic of the text with reference to historical ques- tions ; ( 2 ) because the text is seen to be laden with deep ...
... Dominant Script A fresh reconsideration is a requirement ( 1 ) because of our awareness , fresh awareness , of the problematic of the text with reference to historical ques- tions ; ( 2 ) because the text is seen to be laden with deep ...
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... dominant text of the global market, a tension to be entrusted to those who speak and listen to this text. 2. an openness to a text that resists reduction and explanation, that traffics in metaphor, image, tease, and possibility, but ...
... dominant text of the global market, a tension to be entrusted to those who speak and listen to this text. 2. an openness to a text that resists reduction and explanation, that traffics in metaphor, image, tease, and possibility, but ...
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... dominant text of our culture , a plot that tells radically against the plot of modern consumerism . I understand and acknowledge the risks in such a large plot because the text is enormously variegated in its detail and nuance . To ...
... dominant text of our culture , a plot that tells radically against the plot of modern consumerism . I understand and acknowledge the risks in such a large plot because the text is enormously variegated in its detail and nuance . To ...
Contents
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A Fresh Performance amid a Failed Script | 45 |
Faith at the Nullpunkt | 59 |
Failed and Possible | 75 |
Consumer or Citizen | 114 |
Ecumenism as the Shared Practice of a Peculiar Identity | 138 |
Patriotism for Citizens of the Penultimate Superpower | 198 |
Abbreviations | 212 |
Index of Names | 229 |
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