{"product_id":"ancient-echoes-refusing-the-fear-filled-greed-driven-toxicity-of-the-far-right-9781506494968","title":"Ancient Echoes: Refusing the Fear-Filled, Greed-Driven Toxicity of the Far Right","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAncient Echoes\u003c\/i\u003e, Walter Brueggemann -- one of our most influential biblical scholars -- responds to eight \"truth claims\" made by the radical right in US politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his book \u003ci\u003eEvil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History\u003c\/i\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrueggemann 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506494968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132","brand":"Walter Brueggemann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42843614281909,"sku":"9781506494968","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_69e8c76e-59b8-4761-8f01-e5596108b8e3.jpg?v=1681812501","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ancient-echoes-refusing-the-fear-filled-greed-driven-toxicity-of-the-far-right-9781506494968","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}