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Walter BrueggemannWestminster John Knox Press / 2010 / ePubOur Price$7.655.0 out of 5 stars for Journey to the Common Good - eBook. View reviews of this product. 1 Reviews
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Christopher Smith5 Stars Out Of 5March 17, 2010Christopher SmithThis review was written for Journey to the Common Good.[ A longer version of this review appeared in THE ENGLEWOOD REVIEW OF BOOKS - 5 March 2010 ]"[The] three chapters [of this book] together bear witness to the urgent contemporaneity of the biblical tradition. I believe that this exposition, insofar as it is faithful, attests that a biblical perception of reality is urgent for the imagination of the public community, especially if that public imagination has been enthralled for a very long time in the claims of Enlightenment rationality. While there are huge gifts given in that rationality, what we cannot derive from the account of Enlightenment rationality is demanding, generous neighborliness grounded in Gods own passion for the neighborhood." (121)Brueggemanns work here is itself a work of prophecy, helping us to imagine the way forward toward the common good that is the ultimate redemption of God. Journey to the Common Good is essential for churches who dare to resist the ubiquitous temptations of wealth, might and worldly wisdom, and who seek Gods transformation of their specific neighborhoods. Brueggemann offers a scriptural call for all churches to move in this direction, and his words come as sweet encouragement to churches who already caught a glimpse of this redemptive vision and are starting to take baby steps in this direction. Although sometimes a bit challenging in its form as well as its content, Journey to the Common Good is one book that all churches cannot afford NOT to read!
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