Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out - Softcover

Brueggemann, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0664263593 ISBN 13: 9780664263591

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, 2018

Synopsis

Silence is a complex matter. It can refer to awe before unutterable holiness, but it can also refer to the coercion where some voices are silenced in the interest of control by the dominant voices. It is the latter silence that Walter Brueggemann explores, urging us to speak up in situations of injustice.

Interrupting Silence illustrates that the Bible is filled with stories where marginalized people break repressive silence and speak against it. Examining how maintaining silence allows the powerful to keep control, Brueggemann motivates readers to consider situations in their lives where they need to either interrupt silence or be part of the problem, convincing us that God is active and wanting us to act for justice.

About this title

About the Author:

Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is the author of dozens of books, including Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now, Journey to the Common Good, and Chosen? Reading the Bible amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0664263593
• ISBN 13: 9780664263591
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128