Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks

Walter Brueggemann is one of the most highly regarded Old Testament scholars of our time; talk-show host Krista Tippett has even called him "a kind of theological rock star." In this new book Brueggemann incisively probes our society-in-crisis from the ground up.

Pointing out striking correlations between the catastrophe of 9/11 and the destruction of ancient Jerusalem, Brueggemann shows how the prophetic biblical response to that crisis was truth-telling in the face of ideology, grief in the face of denial, and hope in the face of despair. He argues that the same prophetic responses are urgently required from us now if we are to escape the deathliness of denial and despair.

Brueggemann's Reality, Grief, Hope boldly confronts the dominant forces of our time, taking on principalities and powers that vie for our souls, and calls the church to courageous action.

Author: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 02/21/2014
Pages: 165
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.61h x 5.49w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780802870728

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 06/25/2014 pg. 32
Christian Century 04/29/2015 pg. 32

About the Author
Walter Brueggemann - The William Marcellus McPheeters Professor emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He is the author of numerous biblical commentaries and scholarly works, including A Social Reading of the Old Testament, The Threat of Life, Theology of the Old Testament, and The Prophetic Imagination.

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