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.
Carolyn J. Sharp is Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School.