Living Countertestimony: Conversations with Walter Brueggemann

This volume invites readers to get up close and personal with one of the most respected and beloved writers of the last four decades. Carolyn J. Sharp has transcribed numerous table conversations between Walter Brueggemann and his colleagues and former students, in addition to several of his addresses and sermons from both academic and congregational settings. The result is the essential Brueggemann: readers will learn about his views on scholarship, faith, and the church; get insights into his contagious charisma, grace, and charity; and appreciate the candid reflections on the fears, uncertainties, and difficulties he faced over the course of his career. Anyone interested in Brueggemann's work and thoughts will be gifted with thought-provoking, inspirational reading from within these pages.

Author: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 10/04/2012
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.39w x 0.42d
ISBN: 9780664234256

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/15/2012 pg. 20

About the Author
Balentine, Samuel E.: - Samuel E. Balentine is Professor of Old Testament at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia. He is the author of The Torah's Vision of Worship.Sharp, Carolyn J.: -

Carolyn J. Sharp is Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School.

Brueggemann, Walter: -

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 the author of dozens of books, including Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now, Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out, and Truth and Hope: Essays for a Perilous Age.