“The outcome is to delegitimize and deconstruct the kings in effective ways in order to show that while they occupy the forms of power, they lack the substance of power.” — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
“In the end, ethical interpretation of the Bible means to think critically about how our practices of textual engagement might help us to become… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
The world for which you have been so carefully prepared is being taken away from you, by the grace of God. — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
Every imperial agent wants to reduce what is possible to what is available. — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
“The outcome is to delegitimize and deconstruct the kings in effective ways in order to show that while they occupy the forms of power,… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
The church meets to imagine what our lives can be like if the gospel were true. — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
“Pharaoh is clearly a metaphor. He embodies and represents raw, absolute, worldly power. He is, like Pilate after him, a stand-in for the whole… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
“The news enacted by Elisha is reperformed by Jesus. It is, subsequently, performed in many other venues, sometimes by the followers of Jesus, sometimes… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or in computers… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
“Only those who embrace the reality of death will receive the new life. Implicit in his statement is that those who do not mourn… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
“The truth that is variously enacted by such agents is not an idea or a proposition. It is rather a habit of life that… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
“The same subversion of power by truth is evident in the way in which Luke begins his account of Jesus of Nazareth. Luke is… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
We now know that human transformation does not happen through didacticism or through excessive certitude, but through the playful entertainment of another scripting of… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
“It occurs to me that the situation of the church in our society, perhaps the church everywhere always, is entrusted with a truth that… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
The gospel is fiction when judged by the empire, but the empire is fiction when judged by the gospel. — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
Hope requires a very careful symbolization. It must not be expressed too fully in the present tense because hope one can touch and handle… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share
