Following into Risky Obedience: Prayers along the Journey Westminster John Knox, 2023. 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 Read more
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
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