Walter Brueggemann

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1. Walter Brueggemann

   Author of Genesis, Theology Of The Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy, Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV, Year B

2. N. T. Wright

   Author of The Resurrection of the Son of God, Jesus and the Victory of God, Who Was Jesus?

3. Henri J. M. Nouwen

   Author of The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, Letters to Marc About Jesus: Living a Spiritual Life in a Material World

4. Stanley Hauerwas

   Author of A Community of Character, With the Grain of the Universe: The Churchs Witness and Natural Theology, Performing the Faith: Bonhoeffer and the Practice of Nonviolence

5. Jurgen Moltmann

   Author of The Church in the Power of the Spirit: A Contribution to Messianic Ecclesiology, Jesus Christ for Today's World, Science and Wisdom

6. William H. Willimon

   Author of Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry, Acts (Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching), Lord Teach Us: The Lord's Prayer & the Christian Life

7. Fred B. Craddock

   Author of Preaching, Luke (Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching), Philippians (Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching)

8. Brian D. McLaren

   Author of A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, Fundamentalist/Calvinist, Anabaptist/Anglican, Methodist, Catholic, Green, Incarnational, Depressed-yet-Hopeful, Emergent, Unfinished Christian, A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey, Finding Faith: A Self-Discovery Guide for Your Spiritual Quest

9. Richard B. Hays

   Author of The Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation, A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethi, Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching, Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul

10. Gerhard von Rad

    Author of Genesis: A Commentary (Old Testament Library), Old Testament Theology: Volume II: The Theology of Israel's Prophetic Traditions, Deuteronomy: A Commentary (Old Testament Library)

11. Terence E. Fretheim

    Author of Exodus (Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching), The Pentateuch (Interpreting Biblical Texts), First and Second Kings (Westminster Bible Companion)

12. Miroslav Volf

    Author of Exclusion & Embrace, After Our Likeness: The Church As the Image of the Trinity (Sacra Doctrina), Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life

13. John Howard Yoder

    Author of The Politics of Jesus: vicit Agnus noster, Body Politics: Five Practices of the Christian Community Before the Watching World, Nevertheless: The Varieties and Shortcomings of Religious Pacifism

14. Thomas G. Long

    Author of The Witness of Preaching, Second Edition, Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible, Matthew (Westminster Bible Companion)

15. James D. G. Dunn

    Author of Word Biblical Commentary: Romans 1-8, Word Biblical Commentary: Romans 9-16, The Epistle to Galatians

16. Brevard S. Childs

    Author of The Book of Exodus: A Critical Theological Commentary (Old Testament Library), Introduction to the Old Testament As Scripture, Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible

17. Eugene H. Peterson

    Author of Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology, Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work, Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination

18. Patrick D. Miller

    Author of Deuteronomy (Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching), Interpreting the Psalms, They Cried to the Lord: The Form and Theology of Biblical Prayer

19. John Goldingay

    Author of Old Testament Theology: Israel's Gospel (Old Testament Theology (Intervarsity Press)), Theological Diversity and the Authority of the Old Testament, Approaches to Old Testament Interpretation

20. James Luther Mays

    Author of Psalms (Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching), Hosea, a Commentary (Old Testament Library), The Lord Reigns: A Theological Handbook to the Psalms (Old Testament Library)