The creative word
Subtitle: canon as a model for biblical education
By: Walter Brueggemann
Contributors: Erickson, Amy
Edition: Second edition / revised and with a foreword by Amy Erickson.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781451499582
Subjects: Canon; Bible; Christian education
Description: Every faith community knows the challenges of inviting new members and the next generation into its shared life without falling into an arid traditionalism or a shallow relativism. Renowned scholar Walter Brueggemann finds a framework for education in the structure of the Hebrew Bible canon, with its assertion of center and limit (in the Torah), of challenge (in the Prophets), and of inquiry (in the Writings). Incorporating the best insights from his own career and from the fields of canonical criticism, Old Testament theology, and pedagogical theory, Brueggemann offers a vision of how the community can draw on the shape of Scripture to educate its members. First published in 1982, The Creative Word is now updated and introduced with a foreword by Amy Erickson of Iliff School of Theology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-181) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Canon and the educational repertoire; title: The disclosure of binding; title: The disruption for justice; title: The discernment of order; title: Obedience as a mode of knowledge.