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…

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…

Walter in his Writing Hideaway

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 Walter Brueggemann Library

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…

Walter is Turning 90!

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…