Ancient Echoes

In Ancient Echoes, Walter Brueggemann -- one of our most influential biblical scholars -- responds to eight "e;truth claims"e; made by the radical right in US politics.In his book Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History (Random House 2020), Kurt Andersen enunciates eight "e;truth claims"e; made by the political right that champion aggressive self-sufficiency and self-security at the expense of the community. In the process, any hint of "e;the common good"e; among neighbors disappears from the scene.Brueggemann responds to each of these mistaken "e;truth claims"e; through the witness of scripture and an insistence upon a common good -- a neighborly practice of generosity, hospitality, forgiveness, justice, compassion, and mercy. The echoes of biblical faith reveal that these right wing "e;truth claims"e; contradict our long-running legacy of biblical faith.