Robert McAfee Brown (1920–2001)

Author of Unexpected News: Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes

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About the Author

Robert McAfee Brown was professor emeritus of theology and ethics at the Pacific School of Theology. Berkeley, is author of numerous books and articles including Unexpected News Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes and Spirituality of Liberation.

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Works by Robert McAfee Brown

The Bible Speaks to You (1952) 298 copies

The Spirit of Protestantism (1961) 169 copies

Spirituality and Liberation: Overcoming the Great Fallacy (1988) 155 copies

Theology in a New Key: Responding to Liberation Themes (1978) 118 copies

The significance of the church (1954) 114 copies

Saying Yes and Saying No: On Rendering to God and Caesar (1986) 113 copies

Liberation Theology: An Introductory Guide (1993) 102 copies

Making Peace in the Global Village (1981) 75 copies

Religion and Violence (1973) 72 copies

Speaking of Christianity: Practical Compassion, Social Justice, and Other Wonders (1997) 55 copies

The Collected Writings of St. Hereticus (1964) 54 copies

Dimensions of the Holocaust (1977) 50 copies

Gustavo Gutierrez: An Introduction to Liberation Theology (1980) 48 copies

Elie Wiesel, messenger to all humanity (1983) 46 copies

An American dialogue (1960) 44 copies

Observer in Rome; a Protestant report on the Vatican Council (1964) 40 copies

Persuade Us to Rejoice: The Liberating Power of Fiction (1992) 40 copies

Is faith obsolete? (1974) 36 copies

Reclaiming the Bible: Words for the Nineties (1994) 36 copies

Dark the Night, Wild the Sea (1998) 33 copies

Kairos : three prophetic challenges to the church (1990) 31 copies

The ecumenical revolution; an interpretation of the Catholic-Protestant dialogue (1967) 27 copies

Creative dislocation : the movement of grace (1980) 26 copies

Reflections Over the Long Haul: A Memoir (2005) 24 copies

The pseudonyms of God (1972) 24 copies

Vietnam: crisis of conscience (1967) 22 copies

A Cry for Justice: The Churches and Synagogues Speak (1989) 17 copies

The Hereticus papers: (being Volume II of "The collect'd writings of St. Hereticus") (1979) 14 copies

Robert McAfee Brown: Spiritual & Prophetic Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters) (2013) 14 copies

Frontiers for the Church Today (1973) 7 copies

P. T. Forsyth: Prophet for today (1952) 4 copies

Ecumenical Revolution (1969) 4 copies

Theological crossings 4 copies

The Challenge To Reunion (1963) — Editor — 3 copies

The Presbyterians (Ecumenical series) 2 copies

Over the Long Haul 1 copy

Layman's Theological Library 1 copy

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Associated Works

Night (1956) — Preface, some editions — 27,660 copies

The Sunflower (1997) — Contributor — 1,141 copies

Great Religions of the World (1971) 622 copies

The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresses (1986) — Editor — 200 copies

Thy Word is Truth: Barth on Scripture (2012) — Contributor — 20 copies

Mormonism in Dialogue with Contemporary Christian Theologies (2007) — Contributor — 18 copies

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought - Volume 1, Number 1 (Spring 1966) (1966) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Other names: BROWN, Robert McAfee
Birthdate: 1920-05-28
Date of death: 2001-09-04
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Education: Amherst College
Occupations: theologian
activist
chaplain
professor
Relationships: McAfee, Cleland Boyd (grandfather)
Organizations: Stanford University

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Reviews

Religion and violence;: A primer for white Americans by Robert McAfee Brown

An antidote to complacency, a key to understanding, and a guide to action. A new look, from the inside out, and from the outside in, at the violence in America.

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Unexpected News: Reading the Bible with Third World… by Robert McAfee Brown

n Unexpected News, Robert McAfee Brown looks at ten biblical texts through a new lens. Brown's analysis is concerned with how our reading of the Bible is dependent on our experiences and worldview. Brown sets out to understand how "third world Christians," that is, Christians who live in poverty and powerlessness, interpret the Bible. Brown argues that by reading the Bible in new ways, we can learn more about other cultures as well as gain a new understanding of the biblical message.

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