Materiality as Resistance: Five Elements for Moral Action in the Real World PDF

Walter Brueggemann (* 11. März 1933) ist ein amerikanischer protestantischer Alttestamentler und Theologe, der weithin als einer der einflussreichsten Alttestamentler der letzten Jahrzehnte gilt. Er ist eine wichtige Figur im modernen progressiven Christentum, dessen Arbeit sich oft auf die hebräische prophetische Tradition und die gesellschaftspolitische Vorstellung der Kirche konzentriert. Er argumentiert, dass die Kirche eine Gegenerzählung zu den dominierenden Kräften des Konsumismus, Militarismus und Nationalismus liefern muss.

Materiality as Resistance: Five Elements for Moral Action in the Real World pdf von Walter Brueggemann

What is materiality?
Jesus practiced materiality when he healed the bodies of the sick, proclaimed Jubilee to the poor, and fed the five thousand. He practiced materiality over materialism. In Materiality as Resistance, Walter Brueggemann defines materiality as the use of the material aspects of the Christian faith, as opposed to materialism, which places possessions and physical comfort over spiritual values. In this concise volume, Brueggemann lays out how we as Christians may reengage our materiality for the common good. How does materiality inform our faith when it comes to food, money, the body, time, and place? How does it force us to act? Likewise, how is the church obligated to use its time, money, abundance of food, the care and use of our bodies, observance of Sabbath, and stewardship of our world and those with whom we share it? With a foreword from Jim Wallis, Materiality as Resistance serves as a manifesto of Walter Brueggemann’s most important work and as an engaging call to action. It is suited for group or individual study.