Subversive Obedience by Walter Brueggemann

Subversive Obedience by Walter Brueggemann

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. Those who serve as truth-tellers in the church, like those who listen to the truth-telling in the church, are a mix of yearning and fearfulness, of receptiveness and collusion. In the end, the work of truth-telling is not to offer a new package of certitudes that displaces old certitudes. This truth to be uttered and acted, rather, is the enactment and conveyance of this Person who is truth, so that truth comes as bodily fidelity that stays reliably present to the pain of the world.

‘Although Subversive Obedience addresses preachers, it also calls urgently to anyone who desires to hear and do God's wordWith characteristic eloquence, Brueggemann dares us to believe in new life amidst the sexual, financial, and political lies that surround us. He finds hope in the truth coursing through Scripture and invites us to become courageous, obedient speakers of truth 'because our lives depend on it.’”-Kathleen M. O'Connor, Columbia Theological Seminary
'[Brueggemann] never fails to engage the biblical text without producing fresh insights and stunning ideas. The essays in this collection are no exception ... I am preparing to teach a divinity course ... [and] I'm making Brueggemann's book required reading.' -- William H. Willimon

Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary.

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ISBN 13	9780334044949
ISBN 10	0334044944
Title	Subversive Obedience
Author	Walter Brueggemann
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SCM Press
Year published	2011-10-31
Number of pages	128
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