Ancient Echoes: Refusing the Fear-Filled, Greed Drive Toxicity of the Far Right
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Ancient Echoes: Refusing the Fear-Filled, Greed Drive Toxicity of the Far Right  -     By: Walter Brueggemann

Ancient Echoes: Refusing the Fear-Filled, Greed Drive Toxicity of the Far Right

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In Ancient Echoes, Walter Brueggemann—one of our most influential biblical scholars—responds to eight "truth claims" made by the radical right in US politics.

In his book Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History, Kurt Andersen enunciates eight "truth claims" made by the political right that champion aggressive self-sufficiency and self-security at the expense of the community. In the process, any hint of "the common good" among neighbors disappears from the scene.

Brueggemann responds to each of these mistaken "truth claims" through the witness of scripture and an insistence upon a common good—a neighborly practice of generosity, hospitality, forgiveness, justice, compassion, and mercy. The echoes of biblical faith reveal that these right wing "truth claims" contradict our long-running legacy of biblical faith.

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Title: Ancient Echoes: Refusing the Fear-Filled, Greed Drive Toxicity of the Far Right
By: Walter Brueggemann
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 132
Vendor: Fortress Press/1517 Media
Dimensions: 7 X 5 (inches)
Weight: 4 ounces
ISBN-13: 9781506494968
Stock No: WW494968

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Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is regarded as the premier Old Testament interpreter and biblical theologian of today. Among his many publications are Prophetic Imagination and Old Testament Theology.

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In this powerful book Walter Brueggemann goes right after the sacred creeds of toxic right-wing politics, challenging each hollow affirmation with "ancient echoes," the vibrant counter-testimony of scripture. In Brueggemann's hands, the words of the Bible leap to life and provide razor-sharp alternative ways of thinking, believing, and living. Every rabbi and minister who hopes to free the pulpit to engage the culture with vigor should read this book. --Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching, Candler School of Theology, Emory University

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