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The Totally Unofficial Walter Brueggemann Page

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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)

An Interview (6/4/2008)

Fan Page on FaceBook

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.

Since people keep asking: I don't have any contact information, I can't help you book an appearance, and I don't know the answer to your <insert school essay question here>.

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):

Wondrous, Inexplicable, Demanding Newness (2009)

Getting Ready for the Unexpected (2009)

From Anxiety and Greed to Milk and Honey (2009)

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

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) (unavailable)

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 (2000)

The Liturgy of Abundance, the Myth of Scarcity - Consumerism and Religious Life (1999)

The Hope of Heaven … On Earth (1999) (unavailable)

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/Video Lectures by Brueggemann

The Psalms: The Hard Road From Obedience to Praise (DVDs) (2009)

The Primary Marks of a Christian (2009)

The Other Way (2009)

Continuing Through the Disruptive Conjunction (2009)

Schooled in Denial (2009)

The Chosen and the Choosing (2009) (Unavailable)

Preaching Moment 067 (2008)

Preaching Moment 029 (2008)

Preaching Moment 012 (2008)

Countering Pharaoh (2008)

Violence and the Bible (2008)

Emergent Village 2004 Gathering

Earth Keeper Initiative (2007, video)

The Gospel in a Frightened Culture

Bill Moyers' Genesis (contributor, purchase video or audio on "companion products" link)

Sermons by Brueggemann

Truth Telling Comfort (2001)

Blogs by Brueggemann

Blogging Toward Sunday - was a weekly series based on the lectionary readings at Christian Century Blog that began 4/30/2007. They have since been removed from their site.

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