Marilyn Auvermann: Why I Read Brueggemann

Walter Brueggemann introduced me to a God I had not known before although I have been a Christian for 60+ years. I have learned to love God in a way I’d never experienced; I no longer have to apologize for God or attempt to “explain” God. God is a different Read more

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Levi Jones: Why I Read Brueggemann

I first encountered Brueggemann’s work in my first year at Southern Nazarene University. I was reading his Interpretation Genesis commentary along with his cooperative work, A Theological Introduction to the Old Testament. I also ran into several of his journal articles (most notably, “Myth of Scarcity, Liturgy of Abundance”). That Read more

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Why Do You Read Brueggemann?

Since its inception this year, this site has had close to 50,000 views and 200 comments. The Facebook page has over 5,000 fans. As if we didn’t know already, Walter Brueggemann has fans and readers throughout the world, and his influence extends far beyond even those who interact with this Read more

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Two New Books Released in Early in 2014

Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now (WJK, Jan. 7) Publisher | Amazon Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks (Eerdmans, Feb. 7) Publisher | Amazon Click on the links to read more about them at the publishers’ websites or to pre-order.

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