Hope restored : Biblical imagination against empire / Walter Brueggemann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brueggemann, Walter, author.

Series:

The Walter Brueggemann library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Social justice.

Equality.

Hope.

Physical Description:

xix, 177 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Points us toward energizing hope for an alternative life of social equity and thriving. Questions for reflection are included at the end of each chapter, making this book ideal for individual or group study"-- Provided by publisher.

Hope is not understood as easy optimism. It requires honestly facing the unjust structures that human beings have created and leaning into the deep symbols of Scripture that restore God's vision of solidarity and relationship eroded by the violence of empire.

Contents:

Part one: Introducing biblical hope. The Bible as literature of hope

Living toward a vision

Part two: the Torah: hope in promises and expectations. The open-ended hope of the Torah

God's promises and provision: exegetical and homiletical focus

Part three: the prophets: deep memories, passionate convictions, and new hopes

Hope for well-being in second and third Isaiah: exegetical and homiletical focus

Part four: the writings; hope of transformation. Hope tranformed in the writings: exegetical focus (Daniel 2-4)

Hope in God's future, grounded in holiness (Daniel 1; 7-12)

The nagging hope of the lament Psalms: exegetical and homiletical focus

Part five: conclusion. Embracing the transformation: a comments on missionary preaching.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Brueggemann, Walter. Hope restored

ISBN:

9780664265908

0664265901

OCLC:

1345218593