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…
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…
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…
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…
Resisting Denial, Refusing Despair: And Other Essays Cascade Books, 2022. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon This collection of essays constitutes an attempt to work faithfully at the generative interface of the Bible and our life in the world. This interface variously yields, in our attentiveness, assurances and summons Read more…
Returning from the Abyss:Pivotal Moments in the Book of Jeremiah Westminster John Knox, 2022. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon The Pivotal Moments in the Old Testament series helps readers see Scripture with new eyes, highlighting short, key texts—pivotal moments—that shift our expectations and invite us to turn toward another Read more…
A Wilderness Zone Cascade Books, 2021. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon From the author: In these several pieces I have worked to trace out possible interfaces between specific scripture references and matters at the forefront of our common social life. It is my hunch that, almost without fail, such an Read more…