Grace Abounds

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…

In God We Do Not Trust

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

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…

The Emancipation of God

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

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…

Turning 90

Here’s another excerpt from Conrad L. Kanagy’s biography entitled Walter Brueggemann’s Prophetic Imagination: A Theological Biography. Preorder here: Subscribe to get notified as additional excerpts are posted. When Walter turned eighty-nine in March 2022, he acknowledged that he thinks of his ending. He is content to leave that ending in Read more…

Walter and Jim Wallis

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. At the same time as Brueggemann was writing, Jim Wallis and other students at Trinity Theological Seminary were looking for a biblical Read more…

Walter in the Pews

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. Reverend Roger Greene had been hearing the rumors for several months: “Professor Walter Brueggemann of Columbia Seminary is moving to Cincinnati!” When Read more…