Out of Babylon by Walter Brueggemann
It was the center of learning, commerce, wealth, and religion. Devoted to materialism, extravagance, luxury, and the pursuit of sensual pleasure, it was a privileged society. But, there was also injustice, poverty, and oppression. It was the great and ancient Babylon--the center of the universe.And now we find Babylon redux today in Western society. Consumer capitalism, a never-ending cycle of working and buying, a sea of choices produced with little regard to life or resources, societal violence, marginalized and excluded people, a world headed toward climactic calamity. Where are the prophets--the Jeremiahs--to lead the way out of the gated communities of overindulgence, the high rises of environmental disaster, and the darkness at the core of an apostate consumer society?
Walter Brueggemann--a scholar, a preacher, a prophetic voice in our own time--challenges us again to examine our culture, turn from the idols of abundance and abuse, and turn to lives of meaning and substance.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781426710056 |
| ISBN 10 | 1426710054 |
| Title | Out of Babylon |
| Author | Walter Brueggemann |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Abingdon Press |
| Year published | 2010-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
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