The Totally Unofficial Walter Brueggemann Page


 
Biographic &

Interviews

His resume (PDF)
The Prophet's Imagination (PDF)
The Gospel Vs. Scripture
There Is A Faith That Is Willing to Wait...Without Idols 
Do You Trust God's Abundance?  (MP3) (1/2007)

 

A Partial Bibliography

 

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This website is an unofficial "fan" site collecting links to articles and lectures by and about Walter Brueggemann.  Walter Brueggemann has nothing to do with this site.

 

Articles by Walter Brueggemann
From The Other Side:
Enough is Enough (2001)
Unmasking the Inevitable (2001)
Hope in the Face of Loss (1999)
Faith With a Price (1998)
  
From Sojourners (registration required):
What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)
Secretary of Woe (2002)
A Story of Loss and Hope (1998)
Abuse of Command: A Bible Study (1997)
The Earth is the Lord's (1986)
Is There No Balm in Gilead? (1985)
A World in Jeopardy (1983)
  
(not currently available:)
History on the Margins
Powered by the Spirit
When Jerusalem Gloats Over Shiloh
A World Available For Peace
A Better Governance
  
From Word and World (Luther Seminary):
The City in Biblical Perspective: Failed and Possible (1999)
Ecumenism as the Shared Practice of a Peculiar Identity (1998)
Haunting Book-Haunted People (1991)
Psalm 109: Three Times 'Steadfast Love (1985)
Remembering Rachel's Children: An Urban Agenda for People Who Notice (1994)
Will Our Faith Have Children? (1983)
The Childs Proposal: A Symposium (1981)
Evangelism and Discipleship: The God Who Calls, the God Who Sends (2004) (not available)
 
From Theology Today (Princeton Theological Seminary):
Loss and Recovery of Creation in Old Testament Theology (1996)
Preaching as Reimagination (1995)
Rethinking Church Models Through Scripture (1991)
The Preacher, The Text, and The People (1990)
Passion & Perspective: Two Dimensions of Education in the Bible (1985)
  
From The Words:
On Joseph and His Brother   
On Moses (1996)
On the Night of Pharaoh's Surrender (1996)
On Yahweh's Contradiction (1996)
On Jacob's Wrestling Episode (1996)
On the Primary Tension of Old Testament Faith (1992)
  
Other Articles (mostly from Christian Century):
Counterscript: Living with the Elusive God (2005)
A Disaster of 'Biblical' Proportions? (2005) (unavailable)
Holy Intrusion: The Power of Dreams in the Bible (2005)
19 Theses (2004)
On Scroll-Making in Ancient Jerusalem (2003)
A Text That Redescribes (2002)
Entitled Neighbors: A Biblical Perspective on Living Wage (2002)
Voice Beyond Our Own (2002)
Off by Nine Miles (2001)
Biblical Authority - Modern-day Interpretations of the Bible and Its Authority: A Critical Essay (2001)
A Journey: Attending to the Abyss (PDF) (2000)
The Liturgy of Abundance, the Myth of Scarcity - Consumerism and Religious Life (1999)
The Hope of Heaven … On Earth (1999)
Truth-Telling and Peacemaking: A Reflection on Ezekiel (1998)
Conversations Among Exiles (1997)
Covenant as a Subversive Paradigm (1980)

 

Lectures by Brueggemann
The Embarrassing Footnote (1987, inaugural lecture at Columbia)

 

 

 

Audio Lectures by Brueggemann
Emergent Village 2004 Gathering
Earth Keeper Initiative (2007, video)
The Gospel in a Frightened Culture

 

Sermons by Brueggemann
Truth Telling Comfort (2001)

 

Blogs by Brueggemann
Blogging Toward Sunday - this is a new weekly series based on the lectionary readings at Christian Century Blog that began 4/30/2007. Here are a few permalinks:

5/2007-1

4/2007-2

4/2007-1

 

Reviews of Brueggemann's Books

From Society of Biblical Literature:

An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination

Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope: Contested Truth in a Post-Christian World

Isaiah 1-39 & Isaiah 40-66

Deuteronomy

Jeremiah

 

Other Reviews:

Genesis (Interpretation Commentary)

Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann

David's Truth in Israel's Imagination and Memory

The Book That Breathes New Life: Scriptural Authority and Biblical Theology

Spirituality of the Psalms

Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann

1st and 2nd Kings (Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary)

Theology and Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy

Interpretation and Obedience: From Faithful Reading to Faithful Living

 

Articles About Brueggemann
A look at Walter Brueggemann On Biblical Authority
Walter Brueggemann's Theological Perspective on Violence
Alternative Visions of the End
Dayenu and the Blood on the Books (blog story)
No Ideas Just Texts (blog note)
Creative Imagination In The Old Testament

 

Reviews by Brueggemann

Uberpower: The Imperial Temptation of America (review of book by Josef Joffe, 2006).

The Bible As Scripture: A Critique of Isaiah by Brevard Childs

Environment as Creation (reviews of Yearning for the Land, God's Wilds, and Worship and Wilderness)

Praising and Knowing God by Daniel W. Hardy and David F. Ford

Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Books Recommended by Brueggemann

The God of Old: Inside the Lost World of the Bible by James L. Kugel

The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of I and 2 Samuel, by Robert Alter

Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire, by Peter Brown

Sing Justice! Do Justice!: A Collection of New Hymns and Songs (Foreword)