Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now

Book Detail

Amazon Business : Save 25% on your first $200 of business supplies. Register a free business account Paperback: 89 pages Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press; 1 edition (January 31, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 0664239285 ISBN-13: 978-0664239282 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.2 x 8.5 inches Shipping Weight: 4 ounces

Book Description

Discussions about the Sabbath often center around moralistic laws and arguments over whether a person should be able to play cards or purchase liquor on Sundays. In this volume, popular author Walter Brueggemann writes that the Sabbath is not simply about keeping rules but rather about becoming a whole person and restoring a whole society. Importantly, Brueggemann speaks to a 24/7 society of consumption, a society in which we live to achieve, accomplish, perform, and possess. We want more, own more, use more, eat more, and drink more. Keeping the Sabbath allows us to break this restless cycle and focus on what is truly important: God, other people, all life. Brueggemann offers a transformative vision of the wholeness God intends, giving world-weary Christians a glimpse of a more fulfilling and simpler life through Sabbath observance.

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