Walter Brueggemann Column

Church Anew was honored to host Walter Brueggemann as our featured columnist from 2020 through 2025. May this archive of his powerful and reflective writings continue to inspire, energize, guide, and comfort you.

Dr. Walter Brueggemann 8/23/23 Dr. Walter Brueggemann 8/23/23

Originalism?

In the Bible itself we may observe the tension between “originalism” of “God’s own words” and the freedom of interpretation and commentary that make it possible to rearticulate the text in response to the present social reality of the interpreter.