Author:
Brueggemann, Walter, author.
ImprintMinneapolis : Fortress Press, [2018]
Imprint2018.
Descriptionxxi, 472 pages ; 23 cm
Note:"Essays collected in this book [were written] between 2014 and 2018."--Page ix.
Note:Part I. Economics and social possibilities. Totalized techne vs. neighborly metis -- Emancipation from extraction -- Political agency against idolatry and commodity -- The joker amid class warfare -- Part II. Reliquishing ethnocentric ideologies for sustainable societies. Relinquishing white supremacism -- Choosing against choseness -- American Pharaoh's last race -- Relinquishment and reception -- Part III. Creation and climate. An inconvenient "therefore" -- Accomodation vs. collusion -- Sabbath as alternative -- Part IV. Tradition, memory, and identity. Memory (I): amnesia and the need to remember -- Memory (II): nostalagia and obligation to forget -- Children (I): taken as hostages -- Children (II): given as sacrifices -- Mentoring across generations -- Part V. Best practices for tenacious solidarity. The Psalms : tenacious solidarity -- The Prophets : holy intrusions of truth and hope -- The Torah : back to basics, from Jesus to Moses.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
