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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: 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…

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…

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…