To Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly: An Agenda for Ministers

by Walter Brueggemann, Sharon Parks, Thomas H. Groome

Book by Brueggemann, Walter, Parks, Sharon, Groome, Thomas H.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Walter Brueggemann was an American Christian scholar and theologian who is widely considered an influential Old Testament scholar. His work often focused on the Hebrew prophetic tradition and the sociopolitical imagination of the Church. He argued that the Church must provide a counter-narrative to the dominant forces of consumerism, militarism, and nationalism.

Reviews

[Brad Dell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Packed with nuggets of wisdom and drive, but a bit of a boring read that overcomplicates what ought to be made simple.

Still, it’s short and in one sitting a person can walk away with a wealth of wisdom if they’re willing to meditate on the reflections’ meaning for their own lives. Like Brueggemann writes, the privileged must first be touched by pain in order that they feel others’ pain and hear their cries. I’ll spend time letting this book’s ideas cut my heart.

[James Klagge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reflections on Micah 6:8, one of the best passages in the OT.