Walter Brueggemann passed away peacefully on June 5, 2025, at the age of 92. Obituary Walter Albert Brueggemann was born in Tilden, Nebraska on March 11, 1933. He was the son of August Brueggemann, a pastor of the Evangelical and Reformed Church (an antecedent of the United Church of Christ) Read more…
Lament that Generates Covenant Cascade Books, 2025. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon This collection of essays pertains to matters that urgently concern our faith. My work consists in recognition that our various systems of meaning, power, and control are decisively penultimate, even though we conduct ourselves as though Read more…
Old Words for a New World Edited by Conrad L. Kanagy Westminster John Knox, 2024. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon Walter Brueggemann has been so effective for so long precisely because he has consistently called upon the church to see beyond the taken-for-granted realities it confronts by imagining Read more…
Grace Abounds: God’s Abundance against the Fear of Scarcity Edited by Davis Hankins Westminster John Knox, 2024. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon In Grace Abounds: God’s Abundance against the Fear of Scarcity, Walter Brueggemann explores our human struggle of having a smallness of mind that breeds competition and envy Read more…
Elemental Claims of the Gospel Cascade Books, 2024. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon These essays cover “themes that have long occupied my thinking, and permit me to offer something of a summary of my work. The substance and action of the Old Testament (and consequently the entire Bible) Read more…
In God We Do Not Trust Edited by Conrad L. Kanagy Santos Press, 2024. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon This book is composed of thirteen essays written by Professor Walter Brueggemann over the past two years, essays related to current social and political events facing the church and Read more…
Poverty in the Promised Land: Neighborliness, Resistance, and Restoration Edited by Conrad L. Kanagy Fortress Press, 2024. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon This book provides biblical evidence of the structural and systemic factors that have long been part of the story of poverty. The people of God have Read more…
Alternative to the Bread of Affliction And Other Essays Cascade Books, 2024. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon Table of Contents1 Alternative to the Bread of Affliction2 Preaching the Psalms3 On Tenacious Parenting4 The Litigation of Scarcity5 Twin Themes for Ecumenical Singing: The Psalms6 In the “Thou” Business: The Travail of Read more…
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: 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…