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…
Elemental Claims of the Gospel Cascade Books, 2024. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon These essays cover “themes that have long occupied my thinking, and permit me to offer something of a summary of my work. The substance and action of the Old Testament (and consequently the entire Bible) Read more…
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: 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…
Alternative to the Bread of Affliction And Other Essays Cascade Books, 2024. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon Table of Contents1 Alternative to the Bread of Affliction2 Preaching the Psalms3 On Tenacious Parenting4 The Litigation of Scarcity5 Twin Themes for Ecumenical Singing: The Psalms6 In the “Thou” Business: The Travail of Read more…
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: 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…
Fortress Press, 2023. Order from Publisher | Order from Amazon Real World Faith articulates a faith that is effectively linked to our real world, the world of our bodies and of the body politic. The real world of our bodies causes us to be largely preoccupied with our health, security, dignity, Read more…
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…
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…