The word militant: preaching a decentering word
"Against the easy assurance of a too-enculturated religion, Walter Brueggemann refocuses the preaching task around the decentering, destabilizing, always risky Word that confronts us in Scripture - if we have the courage to hear."--
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- Full title :The word militant : preaching a decentering word / Walter Brueggemann.
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"Against the easy assurance of a too-enculturated religion, Walter Brueggemann refocuses the preaching task around the decentering, destabilizing, always risky Word that confronts us in Scripture - if we have the courage to hear."--
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- Publication Date:2010, ©2007.
- Edition:1st Fortress Press paperback ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Fortress Press
- Place of Publication:Minneapolis, MN
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010, ©2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xi, 212 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781451419771, 1451419775
- oclc:ocn830004798
- LC Classification:BV4211.3
- Dewey Decimal:251
Table of Contents
Introduction: at risk with the text -- Preaching as reimagination -- The preacher, the text, and the people -- Ancient utterance and contemporary hearing -- An imaginative "or" -- That the world may be redescribed -- The social nature of the biblical text for preaching -- The shrill voice of the wounded party -- Life or death : de-privileged communication -- Preaching to exiles -- Preaching a sub-version -- Truth-telling as subversive obedience.
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