Grace Abounds

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<.i>, Interrupting Silence: God’s Command to Speak Out, and Truth and Hope: Essays for a Perilous Age.

"Walter Brueggemann is a legend. He is one of the most influential biblical scholars of the past century. Few people have inspired me more than Brueggemann, especially as we try to understand what it means to be God’s peculiar people in the belly of the empire. This series is sort of like the ‘best hits’ album of one of the world’s greatest theologians." —Shane Claiborne, author, activist, and cofounder of Red Letter Christians"Do not miss the opportunity to use this powerful resource to spur life-changing conversation among people of faith. We are living in a moment when scarcity seduces us, permitting us to cling to our privilege and rendering us unable to see how the narrative of scarcity harms not just us but the neighbors we are called to care for. Here Brueggemann offers us the text and the witness of our faith to insist that we reject the fear and despair around us and tenaciously embrace the abundance and grace by which people of faith are invited and called by God to move through this world. This is a treasure!" —Amy Butler, founder of Invested Faith and author of Beautiful and Terrible Things"If you have about had it with the Bible, or if you preach to people who feel the Bible does more harm than good, Walter Brueggemann’s Grace Abounds is the medicine you need. It rescues us from the all-too-common and all-too-shallow ways the Bible is typically quoted and wielded like a weapon; it gently leads us down into the Bible's deepest currents—currents that challenge many of our most deeply-held paradigms and ultimately liberate us from them." —Brian D. McLaren, author of Do I Stay Christian? and Life After Doom"With profound biblical insight and sensitivity to the needs of the world, Walter Brueggemann reminds us why his voice is one of the most important pastoral voices of this generation. In Grace Abounds, we are re-introduced to an imagination offering the abundance of grace even in the most broken of worlds." —Soong-Chan Rah, author of Prophetic Lament and Robert Boyd Munger Professor of Evangelism and Church Renewal, Fuller Theological Seminary"A biblical witness to the fullness of life. Brueggemann has gifted us with an antidote to many sins of our present economy. Grace Abounds offers people of faith a way forward and an invitation to take part in the still unfolding story of God’s creative abundance.” —Erin Wathen, pastor of Grace Immanuel United Church of Christ and author of Resist and Persist: Faith and the Fight for Equality