The Emancipation of God

The Emancipation of God: Postmarks on Cultural Prophecy Edited by Conrad L. Kanagy Fortress Press, 2024. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon Understanding the gospel as emancipation has been central to Walter Brueggemann’s biblical interpretation. This book illustrates the theme’s centrality, addressing the emancipation of God from our attempts Read more…

Waiting in Gratitude

Waiting in Gratitude: Prayers for Joy Westminster John Knox, 2024. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon This collection of prayers by noted Hebrew Bible scholar Walter Brueggemann can be used in both public worship and private devotion. These prayers run the gamut from particular days in the church year Read more…

Turning 90

Here’s another excerpt from Conrad L. Kanagy’s biography entitled Walter Brueggemann’s Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography. Preorder here: Subscribe to get notified as additional excerpts are posted. When Walter turned eighty-nine in March 2022, he acknowledged that he thinks of his ending. He is content to leave that ending in Read more…

Walter and Jim Wallis

Here’s another excerpt from Conrad L. Kanagy’s upcoming biography entitled Walter Brueggemann’s Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography. Preorder here: Subscribe to get notified as additional excerpts are posted. At the same time as Brueggemann was writing, Jim Wallis and other students at Trinity Theological Seminary were looking for a biblical Read more…

Walter in the Pews

Here’s another excerpt from Conrad L. Kanagy’s upcoming biography entitled Walter Brueggemann’s Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography. Preorder here: Subscribe to get notified as additional excerpts are posted. Reverend Roger Greene had been hearing the rumors for several months: “Professor Walter Brueggemann of Columbia Seminary is moving to Cincinnati!” When Read more…

A Presidential Address

Here’s another excerpt from Conrad L. Kanagy’s upcoming biography entitled Walter Brueggemann’s Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography. Preorder here: Subscribe to get notified as additional excerpts are posted. Brueggemann awoke earlier than usual, ahead of the alarm clock he set the night before. He had slept fitfully, lying awake wondering Read more…

Real World Faith

Fortress Press, 2023. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon Real World Faith articulates a faith that is effectively linked to our real world, the world of our bodies and of the body politic. The real world of our bodies causes us to be largely preoccupied with our health, security, dignity, Read more…

Presbyterians and Pentecostals

Here’s another excerpt from Conrad L. Kanagy’s upcoming biography entitled Walter Brueggemann’s Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography. Preorder here: Subscribe to get notified as additional excerpts are posted. Reverend Clover Reuter Beal dreaded the knock on the door that she knew was coming. A late evening email from a frustrated Read more…

The Book that Changed Everything

Here’s another excerpt from Conrad L. Kanagy’s upcoming biography entitled Walter Brueggemann’s Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography. Preorder here: Subscribe to get notified as additional excerpts are posted. The Prophetic Imagination’s appearance in the 1970s is a mystery even to those closest to him, as is the answer to the Read more…