Disruptive grace : reflections on God, Scripture, and the church / Walter Brueggemann ; edited and introduced by Carolyn J. Sharp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brueggemann, Walter.

Contributor:

Sharp, Carolyn J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament.

Theology.

Bible. Old Testament--Theology.

Bible.

Physical Description:

394 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2011]

Contents:

Disruptive grace : the uncompromising theology of Walter Brueggemann / Carolyn J. Sharp

Part I. Torah. Demand and deliverance : Brueggeman on the Torah / Carolyn J. Sharp

1. Summons to a dialogic life

2. Exodus: limit and possibility

3. Sabbath as antidote to anxiety

4. The countercommands of Sinai

Part II. Prophets. Refusal and redescription : Brueggemann on the prophets / Carolyn J. Sharp

5. Every city a holy city : the holy city in jeopardy

6. Every city a holy city : the city of possibility

7. Prophetic ministry in the national security state

8. The land mourns

Part III. Writings. Skepticism and doxology : Brueggemann on the writings / Carolyn J. Sharp

9. A necessary condition of a good, loud lament

10. The fearful thirst for dialogue

11. Spirit-led imagination : reality practiced in a sub-version

12. Wisdom as "practical theology"

Part IV. Canon and Imagination. Exodus and resurrection : Brueggemann on the canon / Carolyn J. Sharp

13. Hosting alternative worlds

14. Impossible talk, impossible walk

15. Faithful imagination as sustained subversion

16. Scriptural strategies against exclusionary absolutism

17. A life and a time other than our own.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780800697945

0800697944

OCLC:

646121903