Newer approaches to biblical interpretation can address the multiple (and sometimes contradictory) biblical traditions, the significance of different communities of readers and their respective histories and contexts, interdisciplinary insights, and the theological implications of our interpretations, among other things. It is a daunting task, but in The Emancipation of God: Postmarks on Cultural Prophecy , Walter Brueggemann uses these specific approaches to offer new insights on the Bible and its meaning for a life of faith amid today's seemingly intractable divisions. This book is an important resource that will serve us well. -- Cheryl B. Anderson, professor emerita of Old Testament, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary This collection is a rare gift for all interpreters and proclaimers of biblical texts for church and culture. Walter Brueggemann continues to be the most significant biblical theologian speaking to church and culture in our day. The Emancipation of God gives us all the revealing opportunity to see him at work; he clearly identifies his method and then illustrates it immediately in the first essay on the debate over the Bible and human sexuality. Brueggemann regularly shows tensions in biblical texts and how he navigates those tensions.

In three parts he mingles pieces on the emancipation of God, the church, and the neighborhood. Don't miss this jewel of delightful and remarkably crafted biblical interpretations. -- H. Bellinger Jr., professor emeritus of religion, Baylor University; author of Psalms as a Grammar for Faith and Introducing Old Testament Theology.