Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks
Walter Brueggemann is one of the most highly regarded Old Testament scholars of our time; talk-show host Krista Tippett has even called him a kind of theological rock star. In this new book Brueggemann probes the tasks performed by the ancient prophets of Israel and points out striking correlations between the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 b.c.e. and the catastrophic crisis of 9/11 in a.d. 2001. Brueggemann identifies a characteristic ideology of exceptionalism - chosenness, entitlement, privilege - which must be countered by prophetic realism and truth-telling. Denial must give way to honest grief. And, finally, widespread despair must…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8028-7072-8
- EAN: 9780802870728
- Produktnummer: 15223390
- Verlag: William B Eerdmans Pub Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 165 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.2 cm x D1.5 cm 235 g
- Gewicht: 235
Über den Autor
Walter Brueggemann is professor emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. His many other books include A Social Reading of the Old Testament, The Threat of Life, Theology of the Old Testament, and The Prophetic Imagination.
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