Walter Brueggemann: Life Outside the Toxicity of Our Common Culture – a Culture interest event taking place on 2018-04-21 08:30:00 in United States
"No one writing on the Bible is more consistently provocative, interesting, challenging, and imaginative than Walter Brueggemann" -Mark Thiessen Nation, Program Director, London (England) Mennonite Center In a weekend lecture series, world-renowned scholar and author Walter Brueggemann will explore ways that the Biblical text offers new visions for our shared life, where generosity, forgiveness, hospitality, and justice can break loose in the world to overcome the toxic culture we presently inhabit. *Registrations from this site are for Saturday's lectures.* SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018 (Registration required from this site.) 8:15a.m. Check-in and Refreshments 9:00a.m.-10:30a.m. Lecture I: "Follow the Money" 11:00a.m.-12:30p.m. Lecture II: "De-Formed and Re-Formed" SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2018 (No registration required. Please join us!) 9:00-10:00a.m. Sunday School: "The Strange Alternative to Anxiety" 10:30a.m. Worship Service, with Dr. Brueggemann preaching A book table will be available with some of Dr. Brueggemann's recent works. Please come prepared! PAID CHILDCARE FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 21, AVAILABLE BY CONTACTING CHURCH OFFICE: manager@gracepresby.org/703-451-2900 *Deadline for Childcare Registration: Noon, Tuesday, April 17 ABOUT THE LECTURER: Walter Brueggemann is one of the most influential Bible interpreters of our time. Currently William Marcellus McPheeters professor emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, he is the author of over one hundred books and scholarly articles and is a highly sought-after speaker. One of his major themes is that scripture compels the Church to offer a counter-narrative to dominant forces and systems that tempt us to live outside the just kingdom envisioned by God. Brueggemann’s primary method with the text is rhetorical criticism. Words matter to Brueggemann, and one can tell that by listening to him speak as he hangs on to particularly theologically significant words. Many have come to know Brueggemann through his book entitled The Prophetic Imagination, originally published in 1978. His best-known work, however, may be with the Psalms. Numerous church leaders have used his Message of the Psalms as a new way of organizing and processing the Psalms. Recent books such as Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now and Interrupting Silence: God’s Command to Speak Out encourage Christians to focus on the transformative vision of the world offered through the scriptures, to live in ways that celebrate our wholeness as individuals and connectedness as communities, and to speak out against the injustices of our era. *Adapted from the full biography found at http://www.walterbrueggemann.com/about .
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