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# Walter Brueggemann

(1933–2025)   Theologian

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Walter Brueggemann was a theologian, best known for *The land: place as gift, promise, and challenge in Biblical faith*.

## Quick Facts About Walter Brueggemann

Born March 11, 1933

Died June 5, 2025

Profession Theologian

Notable works The land: place as gift, promise, and challenge in Biblical faith

## About Walter Brueggemann

Walter Albert Brueggemann was an American Christian scholar and theologian who is widely considered an influential Old Testament scholar. His work often focused on the Hebrew prophetic tradition and the sociopolitical imagination of the Church. He argued that the Church must provide a counter-narrative to the dominant forces of consumerism, militarism, and nationalism.

##  Quotes by Walter Brueggemann

> [The world for which you have been so carefully prepared is being taken away from you, by the grace of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-world-for-which-you-have-been-so-carefully-prepared-is-being/)

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[Away from you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/away-from-you/)

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> [“Prophecy cannot be separated very long from doxology, or it will either wither or become ideology. Abraham”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/prophecy-cannot-be-separated-very-long-from-doxology-or-it-will/)

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[Prophecy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prophecy/)

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> [It is experiences of being overwhelmed, nearly destroyed, & surprisingly given life that empower us to pray & sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/it-is-experiences-of-being-overwhelmed-nearly-destroyed-surprisingly/)

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[Being overwhelmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-overwhelmed/)

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> [Sabbath is the celebration of life beyond and outside productivity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/sabbath-is-the-celebration-of-life-beyond-and-outside-productivity/)

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[Birthday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birthday/)

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> [Those who sign on and depart the system of anxious scarcity become the historymakers in the neighborhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/those-who-sign-on-and-depart-the-system-of-anxious-scarcity-become/)

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[Anxious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxious/)

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> [“In that world where jingles replace doxology, God is not free and the people know no justice or compassion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/in-that-world-where-jingles-replace-doxology-god-is-not-free-and-the/)

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[Compassion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/)

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> [The power of the future lies not in the hands of those who believe in scarcity but of those who trust God's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-power-of-the-future-lies-not-in-the-hands-of-those-who-believe-in/)

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[Abundance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abundance/)

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> [The gospel is fiction when judged by the empire, but the empire is fiction when judged by the gospel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-gospel-is-fiction-when-judged-by-the-empire-but-the-empire-is/)

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[Christianity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/)

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> [“The withdrawal of the king from the narrative exposes the king as an irrelevance. The one with all the power can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-withdrawal-of-the-king-from-the-narrative-exposes-the-king-as-an/)

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[God saves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-saves/)

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> [“The outcome is to delegitimize and deconstruct the kings in effective ways in order to show that while they occupy the forms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-outcome-is-to-delegitimize-and-deconstruct-the-kings-in-effective/)

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[King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/king/)

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> [“requires both the outrageousness of God and the daily work of decreasing so that Jesus and God’s vision of peace may increase.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/requires-both-the-outrageousness-of-god-and-the-daily-work-of/)

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[Daily work](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/daily-work/)

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> [ Those who participate in \[sabbath\] break the anxiety cycle. They are invited to awareness that life does not consist in frantic production… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/those-who-participate-in-sabbath-break-the-anxiety-cycle-they-are/)

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[Anxiety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxiety/)

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> [“The creedal disclosure of Exod. 34:6-7 and the initial "pray-back" of Moses in Numbers 14 form a tap root for Israel's recurring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-creedal-disclosure-of-exod-34-6-7-and-the-initial-pray-back-of/)

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[Prayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prayer/)

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> [The deep places in our lives - places of resistance and embrace - are reached only by stories, by images, metaphors and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-deep-places-in-our-lives-places-of-resistance-and-embrace-are/)

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[Embrace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/embrace/)

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> [There are buoyant powers of healing at work in the world that do not depend on us, that we need not finance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/there-are-buoyant-powers-of-healing-at-work-in-the-world-that-do-not/)

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[Depends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depends/)

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> [“rage. They got up, drove him out of town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/rage-they-got-up-drove-him-out-of-town-and-led-him-to-the-brow-of-the/)

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[Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/)

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> [“The initial triad in this oracle consists of wisdom, might, and wealth; these are most fully embodied, in ancient Israel, in Solomon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-initial-triad-in-this-oracle-consists-of-wisdom-might-and-wealth/)

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[Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/solomon/)

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> [“The truth that is variously enacted by such agents is not an idea or a proposition. It is rather a habit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-truth-that-is-variously-enacted-by-such-agents-is-not-an-idea-or/)

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[Authority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/)

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> [Imagination is a danger thus every totalitarian regime is frightened of the artist. It is the vocation of the prophet to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/imagination-is-a-danger-thus-every-totalitarian-regime-is-frightened/)

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[Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/)

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> [People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/people-notice-peacemakers-because-they-dress-funny-we-know-how-the/)

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[Clipboards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clipboards/)

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> [Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/sabbath-in-the-first-instance-is-not-about-worship-it-is-about-work/)

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[Anxiety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxiety/)

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> [“The first commandment is a declaration that the God of the exodus is unlike all the gods the slaves have known heretofore.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-first-commandment-is-a-declaration-that-the-god-of-the-exodus-is/)

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[Commandment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/commandment/)

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> [“The alternative to the free market consumer culture is a set of covenants that supports neighborly disciplines, rather than market disciplines, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-alternative-to-the-free-market-consumer-culture-is-a-set-of/)

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[Abundance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abundance/)

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> [When serious people of good faith disagree, they've got to go back into the narratives and come at it again. One of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/when-serious-people-of-good-faith-disagree-they-ve-got-to-go-back/)

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[Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/)

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> [“It is astonishing that critical scholarship has asked forever about the identification of these store-house cities, but without ever asking about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/it-is-astonishing-that-critical-scholarship-has-asked-forever-about/)

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[Cheap labor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheap-labor/)

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> [“My judgment is that such a state of affairs not only is evident in the exile of Judah but is characteristic of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/my-judgment-is-that-such-a-state-of-affairs-not-only-is-evident-in/)

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[Ministry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ministry/)

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> [“Only those who embrace the reality of death will receive the new life. Implicit in his statement is that those who do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/only-those-who-embrace-the-reality-of-death-will-receive-the-new-life/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [“The text asks, What is your only comfort in life and in death? The creature may answer, That I belong, body and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-text-asks-what-is-your-only-comfort-in-life-and-in-death-the/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [“Hope, on one hand, is an absurdity too embarrassing to speak about, for it flies in the face of all those claims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/hope-on-one-hand-is-an-absurdity-too-embarrassing-to-speak-about-for/)

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[Absurdity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/)

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> [“It occurs to me that the situation of the church in our society, perhaps the church everywhere always, is entrusted with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/it-occurs-to-me-that-the-situation-of-the-church-in-our-society/)

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[Buddhism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhism/)

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> [“At the center of the requirements of the scroll is the provision for “the year of release,” the elimination of debt after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/at-the-center-of-the-requirements-of-the-scroll-is-the-provision-for/)

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[Economics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economics/)

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> [“The prophet engages in futuring fantasy. The prophet does not ask if the vision can be implemented, for questions of implementation are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-prophet-engages-in-futuring-fantasy-the-prophet-does-not-ask-if/)

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[Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/)

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> [“In the end, ethical interpretation of the Bible means to think critically about how our practices of textual engagement might help us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/in-the-end-ethical-interpretation-of-the-bible-means-to-think/)

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[Academic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/academic/)

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> [“On Generosity On our own, we conclude: there is not enough to go around we are going to run short of money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/on-generosity-on-our-own-we-conclude-there-is-not-enough-to-go-around/)

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[Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/)

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> [Buechner uses words with such transformative power that any comment on them is like the moon palely reflecting the sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/buechner-uses-words-with-such-transformative-power-that-any-comment/)

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[Comment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comment/)

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> [The church meets to imagine what our lives can be like if the gospel were true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/the-church-meets-to-imagine-what-our-lives-can-be-like-if-the-gospel/)

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[Christianity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/)

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> [God will recruit as necessary from the human cast in order to reorder human history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/god-will-recruit-as-necessary-from-the-human-cast-in-order-to-reorder/)

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> [Give us courage for your easy burden, so to live untaxed lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/give-us-courage-for-your-easy-burden-so-to-live-untaxed-lives/)

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[Burden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burden/)

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> [Sabbath is not simply the pause that refreshes. It is the pause that transforms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/sabbath-is-not-simply-the-pause-that-refreshes-it-is-the-pause-that/)

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[Funny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funny/)

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> [Personal voice- prophesy- disrupts the state of communal numbness in which most of us exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-brueggemann/personal-voice-prophesy-disrupts-the-state-of-communal-numbness-in/)

[Walter Brueggemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-brueggemann/)

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