The Practice of Prophetic Imagination: Preaching an Emancipating Word

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The Practice of Prophetic Imagination The Practice of Prophetic Imagination Preaching an Emancipating Word Walter Brueggemann Fortress Press Minneapolis THE PRACTICE OF PROPHETIC IMAGINATION Preaching an Empancipating Word Copyright © 2012 Fortress Press. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Visit http://www.augsburgfortress.org/copyrights/ contact.asp or write to Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440. Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. “God of the Prophets” (p. 123) written by Denis Wortman, New Century Hymnal. Word alterations © 1993 The Pilgrim Press. Used by permission. Cover image: © iStockphoto.com/Selahattin BAYRAM Cover design: Joe Vaughan Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brueggemann, Walter. The practice of prophetic imagination : preaching an emancipating word / Walter Brueggemann. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8006-9897-3 (alk. paper) 1. Preaching. 2. Imagination—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title. BV4211.3.B775 2012 251—dc23 2011034370 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z329.48-1984. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 16 15 14 13 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...