Hopeful Imagination : Prophetic Voices in Exile /
Walter Brueggemann
- Philadelphia : Fortress Press, 1986
- x, 146 p. ; 22 cm.
Introduction : Exile and the voice of hope -- PART 1. Only grief permits newness. 1. Jeremiah -- designed for conflict -- 2. "Because no one cares" (Jer. 30:12-17) -- -- PART 2. Only holiness gives hope. 3. Ezekiel -- tough and submissive -- 4. "For the sake of my holy name" (Ezek. 36:22-32) -- -- PART 3. Only memory allows possibility. 5. Second Isaiah -- homecoming to a new home -- 6. "Sing, o barren one" (Isa. 54:1-17) -- Conclusion : Hurt as hope's home.