Christian Humanist Profiles 241: Resisting Denial, Refusing Despair
Walter Brueggemann did not only teach me to read the Bible: he taught me to read. In the twenty-two years since I first read A Theology of the Old Testament…
Christian Humanist Profiles 28: Ice Axes for Frozen Seas by Walter Brueggemann
Cultural critics of a certain persuasion will sometimes suggest that the Bible is a force to conserve what is most stable in human society, to call us back from our…
BrueggeBlog 6: First to the Jews, then to the Nations
Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy Okay, so I left a bit of a gap between posts 5 and 6. Sorry about that. For the sake of those…
The New Vineyard: A Reflection on the Lectionary Readings for 6 May 2012
Revised Common Lectionary Page for 6 May 2012 (Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B) Acts 8:26-40 • Psalm 22:25-31 • 1 John 4:7-21 • John 15:1-8 First things first: I apologize for missing…
The Theological Datum Is your Friend: A Review of Walter Brueggemann’s An Unsettling God
An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible By Walter Brueggemann. 212 pp. Fortress Press. $22.00. I first encountered Walter Brueggemann’s project as a senior at Milligan College, but…