Book Review: "Sabbath as Resistance" by Walter Brueggemann
Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now Walter Brueggemann Westminster John Knox Press 100 Witherspoon Street Louisville, KY 40202-1396 http://www.wjkbooks.com/ ISBN: 9780664239282; $14.00; 2014 Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Michael Philliber for Deus Misereatur . Stimulating Study - 4 stars out of 5 Almost no one talks about it anymore. Once it used to be a significant issue, especially in the Christian Church in England, Scotland and North America. But the whole subject of Sabbath has fallen to the wayside in all the rush for prominence, peace and prosperity. Nevertheless the matter of the Sabbath has significant implications for Church and society. Walter Brueggemann has taken up the topic in his newest 108 page paperback, “Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now” and takes the reader in an unexpected, but substantive, direction. “Sabbath as Resistance” is written to be grasped, comprehended and reflected on by both clergy and laity. ...