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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... Finally , one must modify some of what has been said lest the reader of these essays miss one of the most characteristic features of Brueggemann's writings , here and elsewhere . I have spoken of the Scriptures as his subject matter ...
... Finally , one must modify some of what has been said lest the reader of these essays miss one of the most characteristic features of Brueggemann's writings , here and elsewhere . I have spoken of the Scriptures as his subject matter ...
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... finally a deprivation of grace in this age and in the age to come. It was perhaps Marlene Dietrich who eloquently concluded, “When you're dead, you're dead.” Since death is so final, so daily, so immediate, and so palpable, it leaves ...
... finally a deprivation of grace in this age and in the age to come. It was perhaps Marlene Dietrich who eloquently concluded, “When you're dead, you're dead.” Since death is so final, so daily, so immediate, and so palpable, it leaves ...
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... Finally , in chapter 5 , truth is uttered to power : " Thus says the LORD , the God of Israel : ' Let my people go , so that they may celebrate a festival to me in the wilderness . " " ( 5 : 1 ) That is all ! That is the truth from YHWH ...
... Finally , in chapter 5 , truth is uttered to power : " Thus says the LORD , the God of Israel : ' Let my people go , so that they may celebrate a festival to me in the wilderness . " " ( 5 : 1 ) That is all ! That is the truth from YHWH ...
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... finally put in this way in Exodus 11:4-7: Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: About midnight I will go out through Egypt. Every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn ...
... finally put in this way in Exodus 11:4-7: Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: About midnight I will go out through Egypt. Every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn ...
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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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