About the Author

Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is the author of dozens of books, including Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now, A Gospel of Hope, and Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out.

Davis Hankins is Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. He previously edited the Walter Brueggemann collection Tenacious Solidarity: Biblical Provocations on Race, Religion, Climate, and the Economy.