April 3, 2006

MINNEAPOLIS – In the last several years, Walter Brueggemann's writings have directly addressed the situation of Christian communities in today's globalized context, with its consumerist lifestyles, vast inequalities, and near-imperial exercises of power.

His insights, forged in rugged encounters with the texts of the Old Testament, are sharp, painful, and indispensable. In the people Israel Brueggemann finds a model of an alternative community-anchored in YHWH, ever exploring new possibilities, and prophetically bent against empire.

Editor Patrick D. Miller has gathered Brueggemann's work on the Bible and Discipleship in The Word That Redescribes the World, now available from Fortress Press.

Walter Brueggemann is Emeritus Professor of Old Testament in the William Marcellus McPheeters chair at Columbia Theological Seminary. He is a prolific author, whose award-winning Theology of the Old Testament (Fortress Press, 1997) has quickly become a classic work in the field. He is a widely sought-after preacher, teacher, and lecturer.

Patrick D. Miller is the Emeritus Professor of Old Testament Theology in the Charles T. Haley Chair at Princeton Theological Seminary. His Fortress Press books include Interpreting the Psalms (1986), The Cried to the Lord (1995), and The God You Have (2004).

The Word That Redescribes the World, Walter Brueggemann; edited by Patrick D. Miller, Format: Hardcover, 256 pages, 6 x 9 inches, Item No: 080063814X, Publisher: Fortress Press, Price: $35.00.

To order The Word That Redescribes the World please call Fortress Press at 1-800-328-4648 or visit the Web site at http://www.fortresspress.com/.

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