Hopeful Imagination
Prophetic Voices in Exile
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Hopeful Imagination: Prophetic Voices in Exile
Professor Brueggemann here examines the
literature and experience of an era in which
Israel's prophets faced the pastoral
responsibility of helping people to enter
into exile, to be in exile, and to depart
out of exile. He addresses three major
prophetic traditions: Jeremiah (the pathos
of God), Ezekiel (the holiness of God), and
2 Isaiah (the newness of God). This
literature is seen to contain the
theological resources for handling both
brokenness and surprise — with freedom,
courage, and imagination. Throughout,
Brueggemann demonstrates how these resources
offer vitality for ministry today.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800619251
- Dimensions 5.25 x 8.5
- Pages 160
- Publication Date January 1, 1986
Excerpts
"The poet in exile sings his people to homecoming. And that is a theme to which the exiled church in America is now summoned. The gospel is that we may go home."
Table of Contents
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Preface
- Jeremiah—Designed for Conflict
- "Because No One Cares" (Jer. 30:12-17)
Part 2: Only Holiness Gives Hope
- Ezekiel—Tough and Submissive
- "For the Sake of My Holy Name" (Ezek. 36:22-32)
Part 3: Only Memory Allows Possibility
- Second Isaiah—Homecoming to a New Home
- "Sing, O Barren One" (Isa. 54:1-17)
Conclusion: Hurt as Hope's Home
Notes
Publisher's Note
Introduction: Exile and the Voice of Hope
Part 1: Only Grief Prmits Newness