Dr. Walter Brueggemann

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The son of a German Evangelical minister, he was ordained in the United Church of Christ. Brueggemann received an A.B. from Elmhurst College (1955), a B.D. from Eden Theological Seminary (1958), a Th.D. from Union Theological Seminary, New York (1961), and Ph.D. from Saint Louis University (in 1974). He was professor of Old Testament (1961-1986) and Dean (1968-1982) at Eden Theological Seminary. Beginning in 1986, he served as William Marcellus McPheeters professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, from where he retired in the early 2000s.

Brueggemann is an advocate and practitioner of rhetorical criticism. He has authored more than 58 books, hundreds of articles, and several commentaries on books of the Bible. He is also a contributor to a number of the Living the Questions DVD programs, FAITHANDREASON® (http://www.faithandreason.org) DVD programs, and is featured in the program “Countering Pharaoh’s Production-Consumption Society Today.”

Brueggemann participated in Bill Moyers’ 1990s PBS television series on Genesis (documented in Genesis: A Living Conversation. Main Street Books, 1997. ISBN 0-385-49043-7).

Originally a strong supporter of Israel and its Biblical claims, Brueggemann later repudiated Israel for its exploitation of “ancient promises” to create a “toxic ideology”, and now claims that it’s not anti-Semitic to stand up for justice for Palestinians.

Dr. Brueggemann currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio (2008). Walter Brueggemann is featured in the FAITHANDREASON® Studio Series Volume Two and Volume Three, “Is It All Right With God That We Suffer?”, “Is There Any One God For All These Faiths?”, “Don’t I Have A Right To My Personal Rights?”, “Faithfulness Or Extremism?”, “Whom Did Jesus Exclude From The Church?”, “The Bible: Fact or Fiction?”, and “When Is It Right To Play God?” as well as the FAITHANDREASON® seminar series “The Prospect Of A World Community Of Religions: Domination or Collaboration?”

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