Remember you are dust / Walter Brueggemann ; edited by K.C. Hanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brueggemann, Walter, author.

Contributor:

Hanson, K. C. (Kenneth C.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Homiletical use.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 99 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Walter Brueggemann is the master of finding fresh and compelling dimensions of meaning in texts so familiar they barely scratch the surface of our consciousness. In this exciting collection, Brueggemann finds that when we admit we are dust, we can be liberated. Why? Because we are free from acting like God. We are free to choose obedience to the one living, true Sovereign. The idols lose their grip on us and we live faithfully and in authentic joy.--Ronald J. Allen, Christian Theological SeminaryAccording to Walter Brueggemann, the autonomy, secularity, and individualism that characterize modernity have 'exiled' the contemporary believer. Always concerned with the manner in which one is to live in the world, he argues for a subversive imagination similar to that found in the biblical wisdom writings, the Psalms, and the Prophets. One comes away from this book both energized by the vision presented and challenged to make it a reality.--Dianne Bergant, Catholic Theological Union in ChicagoThere is a reason why Walter Brueggemann remains, for preachers and pastors, the most loved and trusted of all biblical scholars--and that is simply because he writes for us. In every season and heartbreak of life and ministry, he writes for us. And over the years, we have come to see that when Brueggemann goes to the text before God, with his signature passion, candor, and ferocious energy, he goes not for our enlightenment or edification, but for our life and for his. Read this book and take off your shoes, because you will enter onto holy ground. --Anna Carter Florence, Columbia Theological Seminary

Contents:

The last enemy is death

Praise to God is the end of wisdom

what is the beginning?

The "turn" from self to God

Cadences that redescribe : speech among exiles

The secret of survival

To whom does the land belong?

Remember you are dust.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781621893608

162189360X