Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience

by Walter Brueggemann

"Those who serve as truth-tellers in the church, like those who listen to the truth-telling in the church, are a mix of yearning and fearfulness, of receptiveness and collusion. In the end, the work of truth-telling is not to offer a new package of certitudes that displaces old certitudes. This truth to be uttered and acted, rather, is the enactment and conveyance of this Person who is truth, so that truth comes as bodily fidelity that stays reliably present to the pain of the world" -from the Preface

Genres: Theology

126 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2011

About the author

Walter Brueggemann was an American Christian scholar and theologian who is widely considered an influential Old Testament scholar. His work often focused on the Hebrew prophetic tradition and the sociopolitical imagination of the Church. He argued that the Church must provide a counter-narrative to the dominant forces of consumerism, militarism, and nationalism.

Reviews

[Carlos Rincon · Rating 5 out of 5]

We need this prophetic voice

This book has really impacted me in so many levels, but the important is the view of the need we have in our time of a truly prophetic voice, to bring hope and to point to the realization of his kingdom now and future reality