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…
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…
Deliver Us: Salvation and the Liberating God of the Bible 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 a 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…