Sabbath as Resistance, Walter Brueggemann
Sabbath as Resistance, Walter Brueggemann
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Sabbath as Resistance
Saying No to the Culture of Now

Author: Walter Brueggemann

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 3 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/23/2021

Synopsis

In this new edition, popular author Walter Brueggemann writes that the Sabbath is not simply about keeping rules but rather about becoming a whole person and restoring a whole society. Brueggemann calls out our 24/7 society of consumption, a society in which we live to achieve, accomplish, perform, and possess. We want more, own more, use more, eat more, and drink more. Brueggemann shows listeners how keeping the Sabbath allows us to break this restless cycle and focus on what is truly important: God, other people, all life. Perfect for groups or self-reflection, Sabbath as Resistance offers a transformative vision of the wholeness God intends, giving world-weary Christians a glimpse of a more fulfilling and simpler life through Sabbath observance.

About Walter Brueggemann

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, A Gospel of Hope, and Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy on April 11, 2020

While I am not in line with all of the author's theology, I greatly appreciated the theme of sabbath. Especially since as I write we have all been handed a sabbath rest by God in the form of the reaction to the Corona Virus of social distancing. We moderns desperately need sabbath and I believe Brue......more

Goodreads review by Dan on July 10, 2014

There are some truly great insights in this book. The theme of Sabbath as Resistance to the break-neck pace of life and unending pursuit of material wealth and achievement is a message the church of our day (particularly the North American church) needs to take to heart. This book is (thankfully) no......more

Goodreads review by Joel on September 23, 2022

An insightful series of essays on the Sabbath as the defining Old Testament practice of ancient Israel. Bruggemann offers a thorough and creative approach to these texts that feels incredibly relevant and applicable to modern life. He approaches the socioeconomic realities of life in the ancient wor......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay on March 10, 2020

A commentary on the Exodus and giving of the Ten Commandments that roots itself in our contemporary imagination, and is a call to leave behind the pattern of coercion that is marked by anxiety, exclusion, and multitasking. “Do you, when you wake up in the night, remember what you were supposed to ha......more

Goodreads review by Tara on June 11, 2024

I thought this would be a practical book on how Christians can practice the Sabbath in modern times. It really isn’t. It is a theological study of the fourth commandment and how it is intertwined with the others. A good point is how Sabbath strikes back at the culture of “commodity”, the author’s fr......more

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