On Thursday, November 14, 2014, Rev. Doug Bowden will present on Walter Brueggemann's Truth Speaks to Power, a look at the subversive messages found within the Old Testament. Brueggemann asserts that the Bible presents a "sustained contestation" over truth. The text is nuanced so as to contradict a face-value reading. This type of nuanced reading subverts the authority of power. Brueggemann proposes that as readers and interpreters are always contestants for truth, whether we recognize ourselves as such or not.
Truth Speaks to Power
On Thursday, November 14, 2014, Rev. Doug Bowden will present on Walter Brueggemann's Truth Speaks to Power, a look at the subversive messages found within the Old Testament. Brueggemann asserts that the Bible presents a "sustained contestation" over truth. The text is nuanced so as to contradict a face-value reading. This type of nuanced reading subverts the authority of power. Brueggemann proposes that as readers and interpreters are always contestants for truth, whether we recognize ourselves as such or not.
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