The Young Prophets Collective just finished their first prophetic retreat.That leaves me wondering—what happened to the Old Prophets?And when did we turn into the Old Guard?Some of us died recently. Notably Walter Bruggemann: “We will not understand the meaning of prophetic imagination unless we see the connection between the religion of static triumphalism and the politics of oppression and exploitation,” Dr. Brueggemann wrote in “The Prophetic Imagination.” I for one have had way more than enough of "the religion of static triumphalism and the politics of oppression and exploitation." Marshall Jones https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/walter-brueggemann-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P08.Yfef.Vbwao1vaUZ1H&smid=url-share
thanks, Dick On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM W. J. via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
The Young Prophets Collective just finished their first prophetic retreat. That leaves me wondering— what happened to the *Old *Prophets? And when did we turn into the Old Guard? Some of us died recently. Notably Walter Bruggemann:
“We will not understand the meaning of prophetic imagination unless we see the connection between the *religion of static triumphalism *and the *politics of oppression and exploitation,*” Dr. Brueggemann wrote in “The Prophetic Imagination.”
I for one have had *way* more than enough of "the *religion of static triumphalism* and the *politics of oppression and exploitation*."
Marshall Jones
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https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/dangerous-oddness-walter-brueggemann On Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 04:41:36 PM PDT, Richard Alton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: thanks, Dick On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM W. J. via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: The Young Prophets Collective just finished their first prophetic retreat.That leaves me wondering—what happened to the Old Prophets?And when did we turn into the Old Guard?Some of us died recently. Notably Walter Bruggemann: “We will not understand the meaning of prophetic imagination unless we see the connection between the religion of static triumphalism and the politics of oppression and exploitation,” Dr. Brueggemann wrote in “The Prophetic Imagination.” I for one have had way more than enough of "the religion of static triumphalism and the politics of oppression and exploitation." Marshall Jones https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/walter-brueggemann-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P08.Yfef.Vbwao1vaUZ1H&smid=url-share _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net -- Richard H. T. AltonICA Global FundUnited Methodist Net ZeroT: 773.344.7172richard.alton@gmail.comMake Plain the Vision, Habakkuh 2:2 Won't you be my neighbor?_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
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