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Living countertestimony : conversations with Walter Brueggemann / Walter Brueggemann ; with Carolyn J. Sharp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brueggemann, Walter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brueggemann, Walter.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 199 p. )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- "Arguing with the text": a dinner conversation with Walter Brueggemann and colleagues, Boston, November 22, 2008
- "Redescribing the world": Boston, November 24, 2008
- "Disrupting the cynicism of despair": New Orleans, November 21, 2009
- "Practicing gratitude": Atlanta, November 20, 2010
- "Where is the scribe?": Trinity Institute's 41st National Theological Conference, New York City, January 19, 2011
- "Hungry for this word": a conversation with Roger S. Greene and Walter Brueggemann at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, February 10, 2011
- "On the road again!": sermon by Walter Brueggemann for Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, March 20, 2011
- Biblical theology in dialogue: reflections of Terence E. Fretheim, May 2011, with a response by Walter Brueggemann, July 2011.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781611642490
- 1611642493
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