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Prophetic imagination has no boundaries and is never hindered by a lack of education. Nurturing the prophetic imagination carefully and creatively addresses the critique, lament, and hope of biblical and modern day prophets. In this book i recognized not only the pain of hebrew scriptural prophets, but i recognized the drives and motivations of muckraking journalists, whistleblowers. Writing in a popular, conversational style, walter brueg. They help us come up with new ways to solve problems and succeed in life and ministry. The prophetic imagination is as urgently relevant as the day it was published forty years ago. Physical printed books jonas clark spirit of life ministries. The biblical names of amos, isaiah, rachel, and jesus stand beside the modern names of howard thurman, dorothy day, bruce cockburn, dorothee soelle, oscar romero, and w. In its second edition, the prophetic imagination has sold more than 1 million copies, but this year marks the 40th anniversary of its initial publicationwhich seems as good a reason as any to revisit this remarkable work. Walter brueggemanns the prophetic imagination is perhaps the bestknown of the seemingly countless books of a writing and publishing.
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