Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is regarded as the premier Old Testament interpreter and biblical theologian. Among his many publications are Prophetic Imagination and Old Testament Theology.
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Introduction Prayer: Life Outside Our Home-made Cages I. The Church in Its Life and Mission 1. Barmen Again? 2. On Sacramental Pronouns 3. Seeing More than Trees 4. Stay Safe? 5. There are Conspiracies and there are Conspiracies 6. Who Knows? 7. Without Hindrance II. Social Pain and Possibility! 8. Habeas Corpus 9. Let Us Now Praise Famous Health Care Providers 10. Not Comforted! 11. Speak Truth; Do Justice 12. Strange Business! 13. The Strangeness of the Stranger 14. Unemancipated! III. Civic Membership, Responsibility, and Failure 15. Bonds of Affection! 16. "Bonds of Affection"...Once More 17. Homegrown Taliban! 18. On Getting Us Something 19. The Role of Government? 20. The Size of Government: A Retraction IV. War and Peace 21. Iron Rationed 22. On the Way to Peaceable Torah 23. Sleepless in Babylon 24. The Holy Fog of War V. Reflections More Personal 25. Divine Arithmetic! 26. Dugout Dialogues 27. Norman Gottwald 28. Ode to Sammy 29. Reflections on Social Location 30. Reprise for Sammy 31. Undeserving in Michigan Conclusion