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In this challenging and enlightening treatment, Brueggemann traces the lines from the radical vision of Moses to the solidification of royal power in Solomon to the prophetic critique of that power with a new vision of freedom in the prophets. Here he traces the broad sweep from Exodus to Kings to Jeremiah to Jesus. He highlights that the prophetic vision and not only embraces the pain of the people but creates an energy and amazement based on the new thing that God is doing. In this new edition, Brueggemann has completely revised the text, updated the notes, and added a new preface.
Paperback: 151 pages
Publisher: FORTRESS PRESS; 2 edition (June 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0800632877
ISBN-13: 978-0800632878
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
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If there is one thing the world needs today, it is prophets. Not the zany kind you get in some Pentecostal and Charismatic churches where apparently the goal is to put the Psychic Hotline out of business.No, Bruggeman paints a portrait of the Biblical prophet as one who contends against the normal order of society and culture which has set itself up at the expense of the marginal, the outcast, the poor, and the weak. Bruggman calls this "the royal consciousness" but I think we could also refer to it as "the Powers that Be" and here in the United States goes by such names as "the multinational corporation" and "politics in Washington D. C."Bruggeman argues that the prophet does not contend against such entities with arms and use of force, but with the much more powerful weapon of imagination and creativity.To make this point, he uses the examples of Moses against Pharaoh, Jeremiah against the Monarchy, and Jesus against the religion of Israel.One of the things that so struck me about this book is that ever since I was in high school, every time I took one of those odd (and error-prone) "spiritual gift inventory" tests, I always came up with "Prophet" as my top spiritual gift.When I was a pastor, and because I didn't believe that prophets (the way I thought of them) were in use today, I interpreted this to mean that I was to proclaim or "forthtell" the Word of God, rather than foretell future events or predict the future.Bruggeman has given me a window by which to look at the world and current events through the lens of prophetic imagination. Imagining a different world. A different way of doing things. A different order.
Here is an extraordinarily valuable little book (104 pp. of text) for Christians who would like to better understand the essence of the prophetic impulse and the nature of the subsequent ministry that may be derived from it. Those with Pentecostal or Charismatic backgrounds or experiences will discover a profound spiritual resonance and a clear biblical insight in THE PROPHETIC IMAGINATION by Walter Brueggemann (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1978/1983).Brueggemann shows convincingly from the ministries of Moses, Jeremiah, and Jesus, how each man in response to either an oppressive empire (Egypt) or unjust, religious community (pre-exilic Judah and first century Israel) employs "radical criticism" to "dismantle" the dying or dead culture. Solomon's imperial rule is also examined as an example of how a "royal consciousness" may serve to subvert even the community of promise resulting in satiation and the inevitable numbness and death. Second Isaiah (Isa. 40-66) serves as the primary example of the second aspect of the prophetic task; namely, "energizing" the despairing community with hope.Brueggemann presents his thesis concerning the would-be Christian prophets' need for personal anguish, grief, and mourning as contrasted with the less painful exercise of mere anger and apathy while he ministers as God's instrument. For me it was surprising and gratifying to discover that an Old Testament professor from a mainline Protestant tradition could supply such compelling insights concerning both the tasks and the traumas of God's prophets. Not even my Pentecostal seminary professors helped me in this regard as much as this short read.
The Prophetic Imagination, 2nd Edition An Introduction to the Old Testament, Second Edition: The Canon and Christian Imagination (Canon & Christian Imagination) Sculpting from the Imagination: ZBrush (Sketching from the Imagination) Imagination Station Books 3-Pack: The Redcoats Are Coming! / Captured on the High Seas / Surprise at Yorktown (AIO Imagination Station Books) Imagination Station Special Pack: Books 1-6 (AIO Imagination Station Books) WHY I LEFT the PROPHETIC MOVEMENT [-NEW 2012 Edition] The Seer Expanded Edition: The Prophetic Power of Visions, Dreams, and Open Heavens Basic Training for the Prophetic Ministry Expanded Edition The Power of the Prophetic Blessing The Panoramic Seer: Bringing the Prophetic into the Healing Anointing The Prophetic Literature: An Introduction Reality, Grief, Hope: Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks Jehovah's Witnesses and Prophetic Speculation Basic Training for the Prophetic Ministry Study Guide Heaven Declares: Prophetic Decrees to Start Your Day School of the Prophets: Advanced Training for Prophetic Ministry Kairos, Crisis, and Global Apartheid: The Challenge to Prophetic Resistance (Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice) The Feasts of the Lord: God's Prophetic Calendar from Calvary to the Kingdom The Revelation Record: A Scientific and Devotional Commentary on the Prophetic Book of the End of Times Reassurance for the Seeker: A Biography and Translation of Salih al-Jafari's al-Fawaid al-Ja fariyya, a Commentary on Forty Prophetic Traditions (Three Spiritual Luminaries of Twentieth-Century Cairo)
