Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope: Contested Truth in a Post-Christian World

Name: Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope: Contested Truth in a Post-Christian World
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ISBN: 9780800632373

By: Walter Brueggemann

Augsburg Fortress / 2000 / Paperback

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Brueggemann deftly demonstrates his rhetoric skills in this collection of thoughtful essays on the challenges of preaching, exegesis of difficult texts, and the meaning of Scripture in today's postmodern world. He boldly tackles the more disturbing elements of our culture, from consumerism and greed to militarism and violence. 153 pages, softcover from Augsburg/Fortress.

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Title: Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope: Contested Truth in a Post-Christian World
By: Walter Brueggemann
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 153
Vendor: Augsburg Fortress
Publication Date: 2000

Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches)
Weight: 10 ounces
ISBN: 0800632370
ISBN-13: 9780800632373
Stock No: WW632370

Publisher's Description

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The leading Old Testament theologian reflects on the meaning of the gospel in today's world.These studies on a variety of biblical texts focus deftly on reading, listening to, and proclaiming the gospel in a broken, fragmented, and "post-Christendom" world. Brueggemann explores how these traditions have the potential to continually resonate in our contemporary communities and individual lives.

Author Bio

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Walter Brueggemann was William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary until his death in 2025. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is still regarded as the premier Old Testament interpreter and biblical theologian. Among his many publications are Prophetic Imagination and Old Testament Theology

Patrick D. Miller is Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of two Fortress Press volumes: They Cried to the Lord: The Form and Theology of Biblical Prayer (1994) and Interpreting the Psalms (1986).