{"product_id":"a-wilderness-zone-paperback","title":"A Wilderness Zone - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter Brueggemann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these several pieces I have worked to trace out possible interfaces between specific scripture references and matters at the forefront of our common social life. It is my hunch that, almost without fail, such an interface creates a very different angle of vision for any element of our common social life, because it situates such a topic in the context of the biblical narrative that is occupied by the holy agency of God. Such an alternative angle of vision helps to defamiliarize us from our usual discernment according to the master narrative of democratic capitalism that is most widely shared across the spectrum of conservatives and progressives. Because our common angle of vision shared by progressives and conservatives has a very low ceiling of human ultimacy, we (all of us!) easily come to think that our particular reading of social reality is absolute and beyond question, even if dominated by a tacit ideology. It is my bet that an interface with biblical testimony can and will deabsolutize our excessive certitude and permit us to look again at the social \"facts\" that are in front of us. I do not think and do not suggest that such interfaces with scripture are inevitable; they are rather suggestive, impressionistic, and fleeting, the kind of linkage that is available in the matrix of faith that is not fixed on certitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. He has published widely on the Old Testament, including, from Cascade Books: \u003ci\u003eDavid and His Theologian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Pathway of Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmbracing the Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Practice of Homefulness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTruth-Telling as Subversive Obedience\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVirus as a Summons to Faith\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727624048703,"sku":"9781666701234","price":29.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/87bf4eebf99a4127208b2f69760b353b_a0b57181-2370-4363-9fdf-a1134046a7ca.webp?v=1765115536","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-wilderness-zone-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}