Prayers for a Privileged People

by Walter Brueggemann

Book Overview

In Prayers for a Privileged People, this much-published author sculpts--as carefully as if with chisel--prayers on behalf of those who are people of privilege and entitlement--the haves--at an urgent moment in our society. The privileged face, on the one hand, the seduction of denial or, on the other, the temptation of despair. These prayers of wisdom and prophetic power remind us that when things go wrong, when we are afraid, and when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687650194
• ISBN13: 9780687650194
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"