| Mandate to Difference: An Invitation to the Contemporary Church Contributor(s): Brueggemann, Walter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664231217 ISBN-13: 9780664231217 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2007 Annotation: A leading interpreter of the Old Testament's collection of essays calls the church to courageously defy political polarization, consumerism, and militarism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Religion | Christian Living - General - Religion | Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources |
| Dewey: 221.6 |
| LCCN: 2006046693 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.06" W x 9.04" (0.84 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Reformed |
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| Publisher Description: In Mandate to Difference, renowned theologian Walter Brueggemann sets forth a new vision of the Christian church in today's world. Based on speaking engagements surrounding his critical passion and conviction that the church in this moment must set itself in tension with the rest of the world, these essays call the church to courageously defy political polarization, consumerism, and militarism. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brueggemann, Walter: - Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He is the world's leading interpreter of the Old Testament, and is the author of numerous books, including Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination and Reverberations of Faith: A Theological Handbook of Old Testament Themes. |
