The Word That Redescribes the World: The Bible and Discipleship

by Walter Brueggemann, Patrick D. Miller

In the last several years, Walter Brueggemann's writings have directly addressed the situation of Christian communities in today's globalized context, with its consumerist lifestyles, vast inequalities, and near-imperial exercises of power. His insights, forged in rugged encounters with the texts of the Old Testament, are sharp, painful, and indispensable. In the people Israel Brueggemann finds a model of an alternative community — anchored in YHWH, ever exploring new possibilities, and prophetically bent against empire. Part The Word Redescribing the World Part The Word Redefining the Possible Part The Word Shaping a Community of Discipleship

Genres: Theology

237 pages, Hardcover

First published February 22, 2006

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

[Andy Gore · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always thought, heart and soul provoking and in particular the essay on the Nullpunkt.

[Pat]

I started this book several months ago and then got busy and couldn't finish it, so it's on my list to go back to.