Ancient Echoes

<p>In <i>Ancient Echoes</i> Walter Brueggemann -- one of our most influential biblical scholars -- responds to eight truth claims made by the radical right in US politics.</p><p>In his book <i>Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History</i> (Random House 2020) Kurt Andersen enunciates eight truth claims 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 the common good among neighbors disappears from the scene.</p><p>Brueggemann responds to each of these mistaken truth claims 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 truth claims contradict our long-running legacy of biblical faith.</p>