Resisting Denial, Refusing Despair
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Resisting Denial, Refusing Despair

And Other Essays

  1. 148 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Resisting Denial, Refusing Despair

And Other Essays

About this book

This collection of essays constitutes an attempt to work faithfully at the generative interface of the Bible and our life in the world. This interface variously yields, in our attentiveness, assurances and summons and often empowerment for the work of faith. That work of faith is in our moment urgent, given the force of evil and violence among us, performed by willing thuggery, by dark money, and by the hidden manipulation of social power in hurtful ways. Given such social reality, it is Brueggemann's hope that these pieces may be a source of strength and support for those who resist and refuse those nefarious forces in our midst. Thus he intends that these pieces give voice to the assurance and summons of the gospel, so that we may be able to live differently in the world, differently in ways that are marked by forgiveness, generosity, and hospitality. Such living is in the face of great pressure toward scorekeeping, parsimony, and fearful exclusion. Such living is a way of joy and hope that is on offer nowhere else. It is Brueggemann's intent to contribute as he can to the "hopes that drive us onward, " in resistance to "the fears that hold us back."

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter 1: Resisting Denial, Refusing Despair
  4. Chapter 2: Perfect Fear Casts Out Love
  5. Chapter 3: Permission to Narrate
  6. Chapter 4: Between Promethean and Covenantal Times
  7. Chapter 5: Red Meat for White Idols
  8. Chapter 6: Refusing the Bramble
  9. Chapter 7: Shameless Normality
  10. Chapter 8: Squirming toward Newness
  11. Chapter 9: The Bugaboo of ā€œSocialismā€
  12. Chapter 10: The Codes of Chosenness
  13. Chapter 11: Jubilation for a Sojourner
  14. Chapter 12: MLK Was No Hananiah
  15. Chapter 13: Naboth Again, Part 1
  16. Chapter 14: Naboth Again, Part 2
  17. Chapter 15: Naboth Again, Part 3
  18. Chapter 16: Naboth Again, Part 4
  19. Chapter 17: Not Numbed Inside
  20. Chapter 18: On Becoming a Statistic
  21. Chapter 19: Only Two?
  22. Chapter 20: Imagine—the Apostle Paul Meets Francis Bacon!
  23. Bibliography