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. Since his childhood in Blackburn, Missouri, as the son of a poorly educated and poorly paid preacher, Brueggemann had been aware of Read more…
Here’s an 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. He was anxious. It was two o’clock in the afternoon. By now, this was supposed to be his time—two to five o’clock. Read more…
The Peculiar Dialect of Faith Cascade Books, 2023. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon Biblical utterance, in contrast to the sounds of power and certitude, offers imaginative probes into the mystery of God’s creation and into the hidden complexities of human hurt and human hope. Thus the dialect of Read more…
Ancient Echoes: Refusing the Fear-Filled, Greed-Driven Toxicity of the Far Right Fortress Press, 2023. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon In his book Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History (Random House 2020), Kurt Andersen enunciates eight “truth claims” made by the political right that champion aggressive self-sufficiency and Read more…
The Walter Brueggemann Library brings together the wide-ranging and enlivening thought of popular biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann over his storied career. Each volume collects previously published work on a biblical theme that has deeply informed Brueggemann’s scholarship, in an accessible digest for readers who want to engage his writing on Read more…
Fortress Press, 2023. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon For Brueggemann, the Old Testament is an invitation to explore the rich pluralism and diversity of Israel’s testimony of faith in Yahweh, the central figure of the Old Testament. This faith was expressed in a core testimony of nouns, verbs, Read more…
Hope Restored: Biblical Imagination Against Empire Westminster John Knox, 2023. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon The Walter Brueggemann Library brings together the wide-ranging and enlivening thought of popular biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann over his storied career. Each volume collects previously published work on a biblical theme that has Read more…
Walter Brueggemann will be 90 years old on March 11, 2023! He continues to write a weekly blog here, and he has several more books out this year! Walter would love to read your birthday wishes, so please leave a comment below. We’ll make sure he sees them all! Also, Read more…
Acting in the Wake: Prayers for Justice Westminster John Knox, 2023. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon This collection of prayers can be used in both public worship and private devotion. These prayers run the gamut from particular days in the church year to special moments in the lives Read more…
Our Hearts Wait: Worshiping through Praise and Lament in the Psalms Westminster John Knox, 2022. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon The Walter Brueggemann Library brings together the wide-ranging and enlivening thought of popular biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann over his storied career. Each volume collects previously published work on Read more…