Prayers for a privileged people / Walter Brueggemann.
In Prayers for a Privileged People, this much-published author sculpts--as carefully as if with chisel--prayers on behalf of those who are people of privilege and entitlement--the haves--at an urgent moment in our society. The privileged face, on the one hand, the seduction of denial or, on the othe...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Nashville :
Abingdon Press,
©2008.
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| Summary: | In Prayers for a Privileged People, this much-published author sculpts--as carefully as if with chisel--prayers on behalf of those who are people of privilege and entitlement--the haves--at an urgent moment in our society. The privileged face, on the one hand, the seduction of denial or, on the other, the temptation of despair. These prayers of wisdom and prophetic power remind us that when things go wrong, when we are afraid, and when we feel prodded by those who lack voice, there is a conversation we can have--a conversation situated amid the promises and commands of God. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 183 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781426713705 1426713703 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |